Chapter 365 The Well Water

Third Person POV

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From above, Aubrey’s voice drifted down, sharp and unyielding. Aurelia’s tear–streaked face twitched at the words.

“You’ve dirtied the carpet.”

“No… I didn’t!”

“Drag it to the yard and wash it properly. Remember to use water from the well on the far left.”

In this weather, scrubbing a carpet outside? And with that well’s water?

Aurelia’s face went ghostly pale. That well–she knew it too well. She had once thrown wolfsbane powder into it regularly, and sometimes punished Aubrey by forcing her to wash clothes with that water. When Aubrey was young and powerless, her hands had blistered and festered countless times from it.

And when her little hands had rotted, Aurelia had made her wear fine gloves, warning her that if she ever tattled to Jax, she’d be tossed headfirst into the well.

same water? No–her hands

“Are you unwilling?”


tilted her head, her tone laced with false puzzlement, as

“Jax… Jax…”

face blotched red from tears, she looked wretched–more like a specter than a woman. There

even over admitting

heel and left,

Aubrey’s quiet laughter floated in the

isn’t washed by tonight,

was exhilarating—especially

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back. It made her want to press

think I’m being too cruel, the door’s right there. Don’t let

She glared at Aubrey with pure venom, wishing she could

you be so cruel? I was your stepmother! Aren’t you afraid of outsiders pointing fingers at your

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