Chapter 45: Alice Ashborn
Vespera's drive soon pulled into their mansion's parking space, and Elizabeth, her servant, opened the door for her with a minor bow.
The Monarch of Shadows then slowly walked up the stairs, took a left, then a right turn in the luxurious hallways adorned by incalculably expensive paintings and sculptures until she was greeted by an out-of-place pink, girly door that was decorated by drawings of flowers and cute animals.
It had a giant 'DO NOT DISTURB!' sign on it.
Vespera took a deep breath to calm herself and prepare to face her.
*Knock knock knock*
She firmly tapped her knuckles on the eccentrically decorated door.
"Leave me alone!" A feminine cry welcomed her gesture with a coarse voice. She had been audibly bawling her eyes out for a long while.
"It's me," Vespera said.
The room's occupant didn't respond for a good ten minutes. The mother stood in place motionlessly as she patiently waited.
"Is it done...?" a soft, barely audible whisper that has lost all its edge asked. Its owner had moved close to the door based on the proximity of her weak voice.