CHAPTER 22
PENELOPE'S POV
"I really did as you asked me to, I swear." The omega whom I'd sent earlier knelt down before me, eyes red with tears.
I let out a sigh. "If you did, then explain to me how the salt miraculously evaporated."
She remained silent. That angered me more, especially as I remembered the smug expression on Sloane's face.
"One simple task, just one, and you dare to flop it?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to fail the task," she sobbed, now down on all fours.
"Did you?" I snorted, stepping on her fingers but she dared not to scream.
Pathetic.
That was the only word that came to mind as I looked down at her trembling form.
Her shoulders shook, her breath uneven, her entire body curled inward like she could disappear if she made herself small enough.
Weak, utterly use
