In public, she was the noble daughter of the Muller family and the enviable young mistress of the Carrell family. But behind the scenes, she was a poor maid who had to wear a mask all day long and struggled for her livelihood.

Due to a conspiracy, she was forced to marry Ralph Carrell, son of the most powerful family in Northfield, in the name of Rayna Muller.

After the wedding, Ralph doted on her.

When Rayna showed up and claimed the place, she shed all her glory and left. She thought she would never see Ralph again, but Ralph took her into his arms and said, "Mrs. Carrell, you are not running away from me."

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"Yeah," she nods slightly. "They're more like flashbacks to what happened than anything. I remember more bits and pieces of it, and I was going to tell you the conversation they had after they shifted back and walked away, but then we started talking about that—and..." She trails off and speaks again a moment later. "Yeah..."

"It's okay," Norah reassures. "Tell us what happened."

"They weren't planning on killing me," is what she starts with, which causes breaths to be held around the room. Rowan wants to say something, and he opens his mouth to say it, but he backs down last second and lets the girl speak. "They knew I was still alive when they left, and they purposefully said what they did so I would hear it and pass the message along."

Norah lifts her head and moves out of Evan's hold. He lets her and watches as she sits down on the bed beside Carlina. "What did they say?" She asks in a whisper.

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