OLIVIA
I’d never been as scared as I was a few moments ago.
Viper… I hadn’t expected him to talk back at Axel or even try to defy his orders.
And Nelly? What was she trying to do? Clinging onto Axel like that? And staring at me like she was threatened by my presence?
I paced around the room, feeling my heart thump against my chest uncontrollably. He’d threatened to hurt my sister if I didn’t obey his orders.
And I didn’t want that. Isabella had to stay alive for me. For us. For our dying mother.
My mind drifted to Rosa.
I hadn’t seen her since she left me in the morning, and I was restless. Was she okay?
Had she left the mansion?
Did she get in trouble because of me?
“Olivia,”
I heard his voice behind me, sending cold shivers down my spine. I hadn’t heard the door open, and no
