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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.

revealed what

was dead.

through the meat, imagining it was Victoria beneath my knife.

to murder the

at the sound of Ethan's voice. I hadn't heard him enter the kitchen, a testament

my vengeful thoughts.

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

he stepped behind

you playing?" he asked, his breath warm

acknowledge how his proximity affected me. “I don't know what you

my

hand closed over mine, stilling the knife. "That little display in the sitting

front of everyone."

barely contained anger in his grip, the

anything.

turned to face him, our bodies inches apart. His amber eyes

confusion, desire.

outside the kitchen. "Victoria was

course she was. Victoria always knew when to interrupt, when to pull Ethan back into

couldn't help the bitter smile that curved my lips. "You should go. Your real family

tightened. "Don't

The truth?” I challenged, setting down the knife. "You've

who you want. Not

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