Ellen POV
Looking at her, I was glad I didn't react in a way that would've heightened her suspicions.
“What’s the matter?” I asked calmly, setting my phone screen-down on the table beside me.
“Really, Mother? Threats?” Ariana’s voice cracked slightly as she confronted me.
I raised a brow, feigning confusion. “What are you talking about?” I asked, shifting from my earlier relaxed position.
“Marco says it was a threat letter particularly aimed at me.”
“And?” I replied evenly.
“It was the same letter you gave me to deliver to him,” she said.
“So?” I smiled — a small, deliberate curve that made her fume. I could see it in the tightening of her jaw.
“I asked you what was in the letter before I delivered it, but you didn’t tell me. Now, it’s causing panic across the pack, and Marco’s s
