Aria's POV
Lilith's face turned beet red.
This was worse than a slap.
"You!" She pointed at me, her whole body shaking. "Aria! Don't get so full of yourself! You can only act this way because of my brother! You think you're actually special?"
"You have no idea, do you? The only reason he's even with you is because our grandfather forced him into it!"
"Aria Grayson, you are nothing! You and your murderer father are cut from the same cloth! Both rotten to the core!"
Murderer.
The word cut through the store.
Every head turned. I could feel their stares—judging, hungry for gossip.
My heart hammered against my ribs.
"You b***h!" Astrid moved before I could think, her hand cracking across Lilith's face.
"No!"
I tried to stop her, but it was too late.
In that split second, a figure i
