Chapter 49

#Vote# Dear readers this chapter shows a side of Flora she has never dared to meet before. For the first time, she tries to see herself through gentler eyes — not as a daughter under rules, not as a girl shaped by fear, but simply as a young woman discovering her own softness. I wanted this moment to feel tender and real, the way first attempts at confidence often are: trembling, imperfect, but brave. Flora is learning that strength does not always arrive dressed in armor. Sometimes it arrives in lace, in quiet breaths, in the daring choice to look at herself and not look away. Thank you for reading Lady_B