Chapter 317
"You look like you've given up on everything."
"I never held onto anything to begin with."
The one who responded to Alice’s remark was Bella.
Bella Fangryphon.
The place she was in... wasn’t exactly a prison.
No, it was too free to be called that.
As someone who had once been royalty, Bella would never be treated with outright disrespect—no matter what she had done.
Whether a royal committed crimes or not, the pride of the imperial family was something that had to be preserved.
Bella's prison was a mansion.
Far from the center of the capital, yet still technically within its jurisdiction.
By car, it was less than an hour away, but it was surrounded by empty plains.
At night, Alice thought, she might even hear stray dogs howling beyond the estate walls.