"Maybe not anymore..." Isabella reflected. "Talking about it doesn't change anything... With his death, there's no reason for me to return to this family. But before that..."
She stepped away from Elias's embrace, pushing down the chaos within her heart.
Isabella's gaze shifted back to her family, her eyes regaining their initial calm.
"How sweet," Lanie mocked, watching their every move with a smirk.
Isabella didn't bother with her, choosing to see it as envy. Her attention turned directly to the family elders.
"What kind of power could instantly kill a vampire duke, head-on?"
"Judging by my father's posture, he was caught off-guard. Who was he meeting when he left his seat?"
The elders fell silent for a moment, then an elderly vampire woman answered.
"It was the divine spell 'Judgment.'"
Isabella looked surprised. "A divine spell?"
