Aria's POV
Sophia crossed her arms, giving me a taunting glance. "That will might be Aria's own creation. Or maybe Madam Osborne was too ill to know what she was signing."
Her words hit me like a slap, but I didn't flinch. I couldn't.
I clenched my fists, the nails digging into my palms, the tension making my muscles burn. The wolf inside me paced harder, the urge to lash out building like a wave. How dare she? How dare she accuse me like that?
Alexander sighed, the weight of the moment pressing down on him. "With these objections, I can't proceed with the transfer for now. We'll have to pause the inheritance process."
I could feel the tension in the room tightening like a noose, my claws itching beneath the surface. Alexander, that poor man, had clearly made a mistake coming here to
