Chapter 5 My little angel

Jane

“You’re lying!” The sales woman immediately argues. “Elise Carrington is one of the wealthiest women in the world. She would never set a foot outside in such drab clothes.”

Glancing down at my jeans and fitted black top, I press my hand to my cheek in faux shock, “How strange!” | exclaim,”I.. was sure I’d worn my ball gown today. I always try to be as uncomfortable as possible when I fly.”

The women’s faces scrunch up in confusion. Clearly they don’t understand sarcasm. “I was traveling today.” | drawl derisively, “I’m rich, not crazy.”

“What you are, is a liar!” The indignant she-wolf accuses, turning towards her colleague with the phone. “Call security right now.”

“As I said, I know what my perfumes smell like, and this is a fake – as is the one you’re wearing.” | add calmly

“That’s not possible!” She objects swiftly. “My boyfriend bought this for me last year, and he spent thousands of dollars.” She eagerly called the security guard over, “Get this liar out of here!”

“Suit yourself.” | scoff, “It’s your funeral.”

“What are you talking about?” She hisses. “What does a lowly bitch like you know about any of this?”

purse. “This is the real product.” Snatching up a strip of test paper, I spray a bit on the end, then do the same on

have the orchids or wolfswood, which are extremely expensive and difficult to find. Instead it has aconite, which smells similar and is infinitely

shade of green as her sharp wolf nose notes the distinct difference. “A-aconite?” She repeats

you if ingested, but I assure you it can be absorbed through the skin. Have

“No.” She gulps, “…”

fainted last week!” One of her colleagues steps forward, the woman clearly

to accept that she’d been fooled, but unable to

The second saleswoman gasps, “We’ve

get these off the

advise washing off the fragrance.” As she runs to the restrooms,

——

Eve

later, I stop dead in my tracks. Everyone is in

never lets herself be photographed or interviewed by the press. I always assumed she must be hideously deformed or something, but the woman in front of me now is anything but. I can only see her back, but a cascade

hears my voice, and my heart stops in my chest.

a lethal smile and strides forward, extending

her hand. She looks exactly like

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