Bella had no idea what he was talking about. She was so weak she could barely stay conscious, let alone do anything else, and she had always been terrified of snakes. She would never have gone anywhere near Sophia by choice.
She did not have the strength to argue. She did not even have the strength to speak. All she could do was lie there and watch the silver snake slither over her body. It slid across her skin, slipped beneath her clothes, moved over her lower abdomen, and kept going lower.
The color drained from Bella's face until she looked ghost-pale.
Xavier watched it all without the slightest reaction. He even called the servants in, and a moment later, they carried in a box. Inside were more than a dozen small silver snakes.
Bella lay there helplessly while Xavier looked down at
