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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.

acid. If I revealed what I knew now, who would believe me? The only

was dead.

hands trembled slightly as I sliced through the meat, imagining it was Victoria beneath my knife.

murder the

hadn't heard him enter the kitchen,

my vengeful thoughts.

the space. The heat

he stepped behind

asked, his

refusing to acknowledge how his proximity

everything, my body

stilling the knife. "That little display in

front of everyone."

anger in his grip, the

anything.

to face him, our bodies inches apart. His amber eyes gleamed with something

confusion, desire.

voice called from outside the kitchen. "Victoria

knew when to interrupt, when to pull

couldn't help the bitter smile that curved my lips. "You should

tightened. "Don't

down the knife. "You've made your choice clear

Emma-they're who you want. Not me.

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