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Seraphina’s POV 1

The words hung in the air like a toxic cloud, poisoning every breath I tried to take. “Are you completely insane?” I breathed, my

barely above a whisper as the full horror of what Elizabeth was suggesting crashed over me like a tidal wave.

voice

Harold’s oily smile widened, revealing those unnaturally white teeth. “Now, now, there’s no need for dramatics,” he said, his voice

carrying the patronizing tone of someone who was used to getting exactly what he wanted. “I understand this might come as a surprise,

but I assure you, I can provide very well for you and your… child.”

The way he said ‘child’ made my skin crawl. “This is not happening,” I said, taking a step backward toward the door. “I don’t know what

kind of sick arrangement you two have cooked up, but I’m leaving. Right now.”

Elizabeth moved to block my path with surprising speed, her perfectly manicured hand shooting out to wrap around my wrist like a steel

trap. “Sit down, Seraphina,” she commanded. “We’re not finished talking”

“Yes, we are,” I snapped, trying to wrench my arm free from her grip. “I wouldn’t marry that man if he was the last person on earth. Find

someone else for your disgusting little scheme.”

Harold chuckled, a sound like oil bubbling in a hot pan. “Oh, my dear, I think you misunderstand your position here. This isn’t really a

request.”

fingernails digging into my skin hard enough to

opportunity,” she said, her voice taking on that

the fear clawing at my chest. “I’m an adult, Elizabeth. You can’t

anything.”

like a razor blade wrapped in silk. “Tell

Elementary, isn’t it? Such a lovely place. So many children playing outside every

veins turned to ice water. “What did you just

the weather instead of threatening my child. “Usually that

is it?-picks him up. But accidents happen,

exploded through my system, so pure and intense that my vision actually tinted red around the edges. Ayla snarled in

voice sharp with protective fury that matched

my voice dropping to a whisper that carried more menace than any scream, “I will kill you.

with my bare hands and

if my desperate threat was the most amusing thing he’d heard all day. “Such spirit! I

married, I’ll

in my throat. I lunged

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her. As she reached for me, I caught her wrist and twisted, using her own momentum to spin her around. Then I sank my teeth into the soft flesh of her forearm, biting down with all the fury

teeth found bone. The metallic taste of blood filled my mouth, but I held on, grinding my jaw until I felt something

to shake me off. “You savage little-”

enough force to

blood running down his forehead from where the bottle had connected, but he was still

if either of them would recover enough to stop

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