Delilah’s Pov
“You tricked me,” I spat, my chest heaving as my words echoed off the gilded walls. “You told me I was going to Velmora.”
Verret tilted his head, his dark eyes glinting with satisfaction. “And you had the guts, the effrontery to poison me.”
“That is not the point,” I snapped, fists curling. “Why did you do that to me? Why did you make me give you the antidote…why make me believe?”
He smirked, leaning lazily against the doorframe as if this was some grand game. “Were you expecting me to let you go just like that? Or did you think I wouldn’t get the antidote even if you didn’t hand it over? No, little wolf. I just wanted you to have a glimpse of home… to make you trust me.”
“Don’t you ever trust me in your life,” I hissed, every word laced with venom. “Because any chance
