“So this was a setup!”
“Selene isn’t apologizing, she’s threatening. Pathetic.”
“If the Huamin packs runs things like this, no wonder their heir is shameless. Someone needs to investigate their accounts.”
The pressure shifted, hard and fast, like the tide turning. Selene’s father opened his mouth, but the authority he carried was gone. He looked smaller somehow, reduced under the weight of hundreds of eyes and my unrelenting gaze.
“You are being too aggressive,” he muttered finally, the words brittle.
“Aggressive?” I echoed. “I’ve done nothing but defend myself. It’s your family that hunts me like prey.”
Selene’s voice cracked, desperate now. “Liora, please, why do you hate me so much? Is it because Kade chose me instead of you?” She said and I raised my brows, she was
