Nyx's Pov
If there was anything I wasn't expecting in a gathering was my brother spewing such words with so much defiance, anger, and arrogance. He didn't like the Alpha of Blue Oak who was here to marry Aeris as all he did was glare at the handsome lad whose ego was triple the size of a stormy midnight ocean. His gaze was fixed on me the entire time, making me nervous. I had swallowed a large bout of saliva in pain when my mother asked me to watch their feet as it seemed dusty which was a lie from the pit of hell. She just wanted to humiliate me before Aeris. Astoria had chuckled in delight and stretched her legs in anticipation so I could wash hers too but I shrugged and did it
I was already accustomed to all these things. Being a useless daughter to a castigated maid wasn't somethin
