Chapter 853\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were only a child, Cora,\u201d he said, shaking his head as he stepped closer to her. \u201cYou didn\u2019t know any better, and it was an accident. You can\u2019t beat yourself up over something that happened when you were a kid.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I\u2019m the reason they were killed,\u201d Cora said softly. \u201cAnd the reason Ivy lost everything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d Selene asked, her brows furrowing toge her. \u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cora glanced over at Selene.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m the reason Ivy Churchill lost everything\u2026 she can no longer dance or sing\u2026 at least not like she used to. I took away her only goals in life.she lost so much, and she blamed me for it. She threatened me, and I had no choice but to do what I did.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were best friends with Ivy Churchill?\u201d Selene asked, her heart thudding against her chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She knew Ivy well, and the two never got along. She was as evil as they come. She spotted her at the hospital the day Lila was born, and the iciness in her eyes was something that Selene could never forget. A chill crept up her spine at the very thought of that nasty woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A woman who only cared about herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cUsed to be,\u201d she said softly. \u201cUntil I made her lase everything she\u2019s worked so hard for\u2026 and now she can\u2019t stand me. I am so sorry\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStop apologizing, Cora. You didn\u2019t do anything wrong. It\u2019s okay\u2026\u201d Zachary tried to reassure\u00a0<\/p>\n
her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI did, though,\u201d Cora said, shaking her head quickly. \u201cI killed our parents and took Ivy\u2019s goals in life away. I made her life miserable to the point where her own family disowned her. She ended up having a baby with someone she didn\u2019t love and named the baby Megan. When that relationship fell apart, she turned to the Churchill family, where she eventually married Arthur. Megan was so young when they moved her into the Churchill manor. She was mistreated by literally everybody, including Ivy\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t understand\u2026 how do you know all of this?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I was cursed with true sight,\u201d Cora admitted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Selene couldn\u2019t help but gasp; true sight was scarce, but Selene had heard of it. It meant that Cora could see the big picture just by touching someone. She knows their past and everything there is to know about somebody without having to ask them. Selene didn\u2019t think of it as a curse, though\u2026 it seemed like a gift. But telling from the look on Cora\u2019s face, maybe it wasn\u2019t what Selene had thought it was.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIvy was there when I went to the hospital\u2026 she overheard my conversation with grandmother,\u201d Cora continued, her eyes fixed on the ground. \u201cShe heard Esme\u2019s prophecy about the third baby born to the Blackwell name\u2026 a girl\u2026 the host of magic. And she wanted to\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
use that against me in hopes that everything she had lost and then some would be restored to her. She was hungry with power, and I knew it, but I still let her use me\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou aren\u2019t making any sense, Cora. What exactly happened?\u201d Zachary asked, his brows now furrowed. \u201cWhat exactly did Ivy make you do?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe wanted that magic\u2026 she wanted the host of magic so she could exploit her power,\u201d Cora muttered, her nose crinkling in disgust. \u201cShe was ready to give up her entire family for that magic. And because I was so scared of you finding out the truth about our parents\u2026 I agreed to her terms.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Selene gasped again, covering her mouth with her hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou agreed to give her our child?\u201d Selene asked, disbelief etched in her voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cora sobbed into her own hands, her entire body trembling. This time, Zachary didn\u2019t comfort his sister. He stared down at her, still confused, but he knew this wasn\u2019t everything\u2026 There was more, and his entire world was about to flip upside down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI ended up switching your baby with another one,\u201d Cora finally blurted, her cheeks reddening. \u201cI switched her with Megan\u2019s baby. I figured once they find that she has no powers, they\u2019d give her back. I didn\u2019t know that the baby would get adopted by another family, and because I took the magic out of your baby, they weren\u2019t able to detect her. I had disappeared out of shame for what I had done, though my curse kept me current.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou switched our babies?\u201d Selene asked, her voice coming out barely above a whisper.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d Cora said, more tears spilling down her cheeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anger flared in Selene\u2019s body.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Lila isn\u2019t my daughter\u2026. Then who is? And where can I find her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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