Chapter 47 Phoenix

• The ground felt unbearably cold beneath my feet as I paced the cell, each step a reminder of the agony coursing through my body. The echoes of my screams from childbirth seemed to reverberate endlessly, driving me to the brink of insanity.
• I had been interrogated multiple times, yet my answers remained steadfast. I couldn't fathom the thought of kidnapping any child, let alone the one I had carried for nine months and come to love as my own.
• Exhausted, I let out a heavy sigh and leaned my head against the cold, unforgiving wall of the cell. My thoughts drifted to Rome, whose belief in his manipulative mother's accusations cut me to the core. Despite my own grief, it seemed as though he harbored no sympathy for me.