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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.

If I revealed what I knew

was dead.

it was Victoria beneath my knife. Each

murder

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

my vengeful thoughts.

powerful presence filling the space. The heat from his

stepped behind

are you playing?" he asked, his

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

everything, my body still responded to his

knife. "That little display in the sitting room. Touching me like that

front of everyone."

the barely contained anger in his grip, the tension in his body. Good. Let

anything.

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

confusion, desire.

voice called from outside the kitchen.

was. Victoria always knew when to

curved my lips. "You should

jaw tightened. "Don't start

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

Victoria, Emma-they're who you want. Not

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