Declaration Of War
Serena sat there, frozen, the weight of what she'd just heard pressing down on her chest. She didn't know whether to feel relief or horror. Or even more curiosity. Where was this son? Did she have a brother?
And her father had fought back with her grandmother. He had refused to bow to Edwina's manipulations. But what did this mean for them? What had been the true cost of her father's defiance? The older woman's threat had not sounded idle...
With trembling hands, Serena clicked on the next audio file. The answer, it seemed, would only come in pieces, but she was determined to put them together.
She braced herself for what might come next. The recording opened with a burst of static before a frantic, panicked voice cut through the silence—her father's voice.
"Mother! Where is he? Where is my son? Where is Edwin?"