Chapter 137

Chapter 137

Shock swept through the room. Eliza pressed a hand firmly against her startled heart, and Adeline let out a short scream.

Yet no one could question Lady Degoa's words or deny them.

The sound of someone's breath, no one knew whose, could be heard.

"They say he strangled him with a cord. He locked the door and would not open it, and only after Aleta had pounded on it for a long while did Magnus come out."

"That's, that can't be. Brother would……"

"Aleta could not bear Magnus. But she could not bring herself to confess what she had seen, either. How could she say it? That she had given birth to a monster. That something dreadful dwelt inside that boy, who was only eight years old……"

Lady Degoa's expression went vacant again. Adeline took her hand with trembling fingers.

While Eliza, too, steadied her breathing, a wretched…