People were instantly filled with rage the moment Charlotte asked Aveline to drop the final bomb.
She told the public that Ronan had purposely built the orphanage, not to care for children, but to cover up the cruel malpractice that had led to their deaths.
Reporters rushed to the orphanage, hoping to uncover the truth. But by the time they arrived, the Nocturnal Order had already evacuated the remaining children.
All that was left was a crumbling building hiding horrors that would haunt anyone who saw them.
The bedrooms were heartbreaking—tiny, dirty spaces meant for twenty children at once. It wasn't a home, but it was a cage.
Those kids had been treated like livestock. Fed just enough to survive, given a roof over their heads, but robbed of any warmth, affection, or dignity.
The whole place reeked. The floors were sticky. The walls were stained with dirt.
But the most terrifying part was the basement.
