nna'

this woman

If it weren't for her brazen ambition, would I be this enraged? Your Hi

briefly falling on me. His voice wa

ggling to defend myself, knowing that no mat

ction for Kristina's accusations. He turned toward the se

belief, her voice rising in a sharp pitch. "You'r

oug

. "If Father learns you caused a scene in pu

wanted to protest, her

d for the servants to escort

ts, their heads bowed in submission as they hurried

t a fleeting glance back at Clayton. My h

, he was surprisingly kind and polite, em

lowered at me with a fierceness that sent chil

ay, refusing to loo

nse, and her influence far-reaching. If her hatred towa

f the day pressing down on me like a suffocating

a she-wolf subjected to the whims of those far mor

seemed fixated on me, and staying in this place fel

et sobs escaped me. I couldn't understand why my life h

the sky darkened, my tears had run dry. Staring at t

ioned when we first arrived-the garden behind this

ind. Could it hold a way out of this nightmare? With tha

rinthine it truly was. The more I walked, the more I felt as if t

spot for the third time, I had

on building, unsure of w

hat are you

roke through the s

ee Frank walking toward me,

you doing here?" he repeated, th

bling up inside me as I glared at him. "You

I wouldn't be trapped in this me

wander around like this. If the king finds out, it w

once again of his selfishness. Why ha

oice thick with bitterness. "

and predictable. You were never exciting, not like Jessica. You have no

. Instead, I glared at him with burning hatred. "I must've been b

sn't worth even a s

hless creature!" Frank's anger flared, and he

on my lips. "I'm under the protection of the Lycan royal

r, trembling with rage, but he

frustration. "You've changed in such a short

isdain. "I never realized you were s

he hurled his final insult with venomous malice. "You ungratefu

is twisted, bitter face with cold indifference. Summoning eve