Isla shook her head slowly, her eyes fixed on Adrian, too overwhelmed to utter a word. Her voice trembled as she finally managed, “What do you want from me? Who are you? You’re speaking in riddles that make no sense at all…”
She didn’t finish before Adrian cut her off sharply.
“Be quiet! You’re nothing but a kidnapper. A heartless woman who stole a child and tore her away from her real family. You are nothing to Camellia. You are not her mother, not her blood, not her kin. The moment I return her to her true family, you’ll answer to me...whether her families press charges or not, I will. Because you are one of the very people who condemned me to this miserable, painful life. And now I’ve found her. Camellia. It’s time to take her home.”
Isla shook her head violently, and tears....hot, u
