Chapter 218

　　The hall fell into a deadly, suffocating silence.

　　Mira let out a soft laugh again… thin, fragile… hollow in a way that made it almost unbearable to hear.

　　"There was no one there," she whispered. "No one to hear it… no one to stop it."

　　A pause.

　　"That day…" her voice faltered, then steadied ...