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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.

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

was dead.

as I sliced through the meat, imagining it was Victoria beneath my knife. Each cut was precise, deliberate,

to murder

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

my vengeful thoughts.

filling the space. The heat from

stepped behind

he asked, his breath warm against my

chopping, refusing to acknowledge how his proximity affected me.

heart raced traitorously. Despite everything, my body still

knife. "That little

front of everyone."

grip, the tension in his body.

anything.

inches apart. His amber

confusion, desire.

called from outside the kitchen.

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

help the bitter smile that curved my lips. "You should go. Your real family needs

jaw tightened. "Don't

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

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