ng laughter echoed against the walls, making her flesh crawl."Pathetic?" he said."You are the pathetic one, Alex. she said,

her, his eyes blazing with contempt. "The truth?" he sne

ain wash over her. "I didn't kill your mother, Alex," she whis

said, his voice dripping with malice. "And even if I did

a sob building in her chest, but she swallowed it down, refusing to give Alex the satisfaction of seeing her

smirk playing on his lip

with conviction. "You're going to regret thi

aw a glimmer of uncertainty in his eyes. But i

way. "You're nothing but a murderer, Nor

fisted her han

he room. Nora sucked in the air; her wolf was threatening to explode. Unlike her, she didn't care about the

ng growl as her irises turned dark with red rings aro

wled, pushing away the ladies that surrounded

ediately, her eyes returned to their normal color and she let out an agonized cry. Grinning gleefully,

s and you'll forever be. That's why your father asked me to take you as a maid immediately, I rejected you as my Lu

ng hurt more than the reminder that she was truly useless and could never result in anything good. T

," he commanded

ook and then knocked

**

n working as a maid in Alex and Eve's home. Every task seemed like a reminder of her hum

s nothing more than a thin storage room, with a flimsy mattress on the floor and a s

like this,"

ould react, the door cracked open, and Mary crept i

She mu

orry."I sho

uted abruptly, c

I understand why

than friendship." H

its laws. "What they've

unable to bear th

you wan

eaking."I believe Eve

eone in the forest yesterday. Sh

skips a be

replied, le

nces, but I believe it has some

rimson...."What might Eve possibly hav

d Eve appeared in the doorway,

rmured, her voice

attempting to protect

tep back as if preparing to protect her

ped a bombshell: "Nora, you have a visitor."

ell, and she felt a s

pped back, revealing a f

ed forward, she felt he