Wine spilled down Isabella's chin, soaked into her blouse. Teeth clamped shut, face twisted in pain.
"Enough." Alpha Sebastian's hand locked around Eira's wrist. "Eira. Enough."
Lila crossed her arms. "Alpha Sebastian, she chokes down a few ounces of wine and you're already losing it? Where were you when someone was forcing stuff on Eira?"
Alpha Sebastian froze.
He hadn't seen the state Eira was in that night.
But he'd seen what came after, water flooding the hallway. Seen her later at Dr. Wood's clinic, drained white, hollowed out.
His grip loosened.
Lila leaned in, voice sharper. "So your family only picks on her 'cause she's got nobody? News flash, times changed. She's got me now."
She snatched the glass back, pressed it to Isabella's mouth, tipped it without m
