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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.

burned inside me like acid. If I revealed what I knew now, who would believe me? The

was dead.

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

murder the

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

my vengeful thoughts.

closer, his powerful presence filling the space.

he stepped

game are you playing?" he asked,

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

everything, my body

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

front of everyone."

the barely contained anger in his grip, the tension in

anything.

to face him, our bodies inches

confusion, desire.

outside the kitchen.

when to interrupt, when

the bitter smile that curved my

"Don't start this

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

Emma-they're who you want.

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