Aria's POV
"Hahaha—Joshua's dead," she gasped, "and if Ronan dies too… you'll have no family left at all."
"Claudia, you witch!" I shrieked. "Go to hell!"
My wolf's claws sank into her skin, my nails nearly tearing free.
Still she rattled on, because cruelty was all she had left.
"Blame yourself," she choked out. "Back in school, you stole the attention that should have been mine—that's why Wendy killed herself."
Shock loosened my grip for an instant.
"After graduation, you stole the rich life I dreamed of! Why were you spoiled by your father and brother, while I suffered such humiliation?"
She was crying now—but it was rage, not pain.
"Just because I had no powerful family? Why—why?! Your father deserved prison!"
My breathing turned ragged.
"Two months ago, you insisted on reop
