Seraphina POV
The first slap cracked across her face with all the force of five years of betrayal. She stumbled, her hand flying to her cheek, her eyes wide with shock.
"That's for sleeping with my mate," I said, my voice steady.
The second slap was harder, snapping her head sideways. "That's for trying to kill me."
She was crying now, real tears. Her foundation streaking, her perfect mask finally shattered. "Stop," she whimpered. "Seraphina, please-"
The third slap came with everything I had. Everything she'd stolen. Everything she'd destroyed. Everything she'd made me believe about myself.
"That's for our mother," I said, my voice breaking but my hand steady. "She didn't ignore you, Lilith. She loved you. She left you the vast majority of her savings more than she left me. She wro
