Breathing heavily, Sam continued angrily, “How dare you, Adrian… After what you did to my niece, you still have the audacity to insult both me and her? Who do you think you are? You should be ashamed of yourself!” Adrian smirked, wiping the blood from his lip where Sam had struck him, and said, “Soon you’ll understand everything, Sam. Very soon you’ll regret spoiling Harper the way you did… And if Mary says she doesn’t want to follow you, I swear I won’t let you force her into it.” Sam lunged at Adrian again, ready to grab him, but Lucian held him back, exclaiming, “What’s wrong with you two? Why are you acting like children? This is beneath you!” Adrian said nothing more, only breathing heavily. In a rush, he gathered his belongings and stormed out of the hotel. Lucian followed him,

