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As I walked toward the door, I could feel Victoria's cold gaze burning into my back.

I kept my Roland Warner's dying words giving me strength.

head high,

"I'll take Victoria and Emma to see the new roses in the garden," Isabelle offered, clearly trying to defuse the

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Chapter 31 Kitchen Cent

tension.

Ethan nodded, rising from his chair. "I have business to attend to anyway."

In the kitchen, I found myself alone. All other servants had been dismissed- Eleanor's way of ensuring i understood my position in the pack hierarchy.

I sighed, tying an apron around my waist. The venison for tonight's main course sat waiting on the cutting

board.

As I began chopping, my mind wandered back to Roland Warner's revelation. Victoria had deliberately

Intercepted Lily's kidney donor, ensuring my daughter's death while pretending innocence.

I revealed what I knew

was dead.

imagining it was Victoria beneath my knife.

murder the venison,

of Ethan's voice. I hadn't heard him enter the kitchen, a testament to how lost

my vengeful thoughts.

closer, his powerful presence filling the space. The heat from his body radiated

stepped behind

he asked, his breath warm against my

chopping, refusing to acknowledge how his proximity

my body still responded to

mine, stilling the knife. "That little display in the sitting room. Touching

front of everyone."

in his grip, the tension

anything.

face him, our bodies inches apart. His

confusion, desire.

the kitchen. "Victoria was

when to interrupt, when to pull

the bitter smile that curved my lips. "You should go. Your

tightened. "Don't start this

truth?” I challenged, setting down the knife. "You've made your choice clear

who you want.

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