Sonea's True Feelings

After returning to her room with the cloth pressed over her mouth, Sonea closed the door firmly and stood there in a daze for a while.

Her gaze was fixed on empty space, seeing nothing.

Suddenly, Sonea's gaze focused, and she fixed her eyes on the bucket in the corner. It was the bucket used as a trash bin.

Sonea walked over to the bucket, dropped to her knees, and thrust her face inside as she vomited.

Blood poured from her mouth in great quantity, bright red droplets falling.

Sonea's tongue had been bitten through, and it was still bleeding.

"Oh, Uncle-sama... What have you done?"

Sonea grimaced in anguish. It was not pain, but sorrow and fear that twisted her face.

Everything that had happened until now had been Sonea's act.

To rescue Mia, she first had to make her uncle Kars and the others trust her. For that purpose, she told heartless lies and deceived even her own mother. The letters she had shown her uncles were fake as well, prepared specifically so she could earn their trust...