Mara
“So this is what Martha wanted?” Alpha Vander growled, his fury thickening the air like smoke. “That’s why she pushed so hard? So she could steal from my son—to pay off some blackmailer?”
His Alpha Mark may have faded, but his rage still carried force. It pressed against the room like a coming storm.
Across from him, Lacy was shaking, her face twisted in grief and rage. “You’ll burn in hell, Mara,” she spat through her tears. “You’ll regret this. My aunt never did anything to you.”
I paused the phone call, just long enough to turn and look at her fully. I smiled.
“Oh, but she did,” I said, calm as ever. “She tried to destroy me. Framed me. Spread lies. I just won’t give her the chance to do it again.”
I turned to Alpha Vander with a slight nod. “And if what she’s dealing with re
