The sky shone bright that morning.
The sun cast its gentle glow over the city, bringing a comforting warmth after days of shifting rain.
The air felt fresh as Sophia stood before her bedroom window, gazing out at the mansion's garden, now brimming with the blooms of early spring.
Upon the bedside table rested a bouquet of white lilies, delivered only that morning.
A soft smile touched her lips as she looked at them.
She needed no guesswork to know who had sent them.
For over all these years, the very same flowers had always arrived on this very same date.
Today marked the anniversary of her mother's birth.
The woman who had lost so much in order to protect her.
The woman whose name had once been dragged through the mud.
The woman who had been denied justice for years on end.
And the woman who had become one of the greatest reasons Sophia had kept on living.
Footsteps sounded from behind her.
Adrian drew near and came to stand at her side.
"Are you ready?"
