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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.

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

was dead.

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

to murder the

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

my vengeful thoughts.

closer, his powerful presence filling the space. The heat from his

he stepped

playing?" he asked,

his proximity affected me.

my body

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

front of everyone."

the barely contained anger in his grip, the tension

anything.

inches apart. His amber eyes gleamed with something

confusion, desire.

voice called from outside the kitchen. "Victoria

she was. Victoria always knew when to interrupt, when to pull

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

"Don't start this

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

who you want. Not me. Not

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