Chapter 3: The Gilded Cage and the Ghost of Three Years Past
The air surrounding Sofia Seraphina was not merely atmosphere; it was an antique preservative. Within the sprawling, century-old Seraphina estate, life moved with the quiet, measured pace of a museum piece. The house itself, a fortress of ivory limestone and slate, stood as a monument to generational wealth and, more recently, a testament to the meticulous, controlling love of her mother, Elora Agnes. Sofia was seventeen, and her existence was a gilded cage designed by that love.
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