When did it all start? When had her once-kind father changed so drastically? Was it when he forcefully sent her sister away? Or was it when Isabella returned as an Awakener? 0

Maybe, he had always hidden his twisted nature behind a mask of tenderness just like she pretended to be the Saintess of Rome to hide that she was the Leech Queen.0

Isabella forced her lips to move even though they refused to part.0

“Why?” She strained her voice to ask. “Why… did you do it?”  0

After Isabella had seized real power in the family, much of her father’s authority had been stripped away. However, even before Isabella returned, the non-Awakener Paolo had been nothing more than a figurehead getting crushed by the branch families. 0

If anything, he had gained even more power thanks to Isabella ruthlessly crushing the branch families. Why did he oppose her?  0

“Was I that much of a thorn in your side? So much that you brought...0