In the days following Nana Shawl's quiet departure from the world, the extended branches of the Shawl family tree began to gather—coming from near and far to pay their final respects to the woman who had, in one way or another, shaped them all.
The mansion grounds, once echoing with her soft wisdom and warm presence, now braced itself for the solemnity of the impending funeral.
All were present—except those locked away behind prison bars, still unaware of the matriarch's passing—and one other conspicuous absence: Matt's family.
To most of the Shawls, Lillian and her children were long presumed dead, lost in the ashes of Matt's unforgivable betrayal.
Only Gregory and his son-in-law, Blaze, carried the secret flame of truth—that Lillian, her children, and her elderly parents had been granted a second chance at life. Far away from Salvine City. Far from Matt's poisoned shadow.
