Ivy's POV: That didn't stop Noah from walking away. "You know damn well I can give you what Lytner never could!" I shouted in fury. "Oh, really? I doubt it." He slammed the door with a bang and stormed out. "Damn you, Noah!" I screamed, hurling everything I could find at the door before collapsing onto the floor, sobbing uncontrollably. I didn't understand why, but suddenly everything in my life seemed to betray me. Ever since Claire showed up, everyone seemed to revolve around her. "No, no, no, no, no!" I refused to throw in the towel. I called my uncle Harry. "Hey, Cookie, how have you and your mom been?" "Harry, I'm in trouble, I need your help, desperately..." I laid out my predicament to Harry. I had to have a pure-blooded son before that witch, Elsa, brought Jason into the

