LADY SARAPHINA’S POV
I couldn’t believe it.
Zoella… NO. Zoey, I had to remember that now…
Had just finished telling me everything.
Everything about how Violet had tried to die in her place.
The audacity. The stupidity. The softness.
How could someone be that dumb?
After everything I’d done…
After I’d sold her to Merrin, made her my ticket to wealth…
Violet didn’t hate me?
Didn’t hate Zoey?
She… she forgave me.
I laughed. Loud, full, the kind of laugh that shakes a room and lets everyone know power is here.
Soft, soft little Violet.
She still had that ridiculous softness left in her. And I knew exactly how to use it.
Three days had passed since Zoey told me Merrin had given us permission to visit Violet anytime we wanted.
Perfect timing. Opportunity knocking.
And me?
I wa
