Chapter 446

From the moment Violet was claimed by Yulia and Simms, her life seemed to be on an unstoppable upward trajectory.

Since her teenage years, she hadn't faced a single setback-especially with Yulia's strategic guidance, every step she took was calculated, every move

secure.

Having completely lost her place with the McNeils, and now back with the Millers where both Simms and Yulia looked down on her, Violet had snapped. She lashed out at them with a fury that bordered on madness.

"You say I'm useless? Look at yourself! You talk yourself up, acting like you've got everything under control, but you still lost Dad to another woman. If you're so capable, why don't you win him back?"

"And what about Victoria, that little witch? You think you're so powerful? Well, I'm done fighting her. I want her gone. Tell me, how much would it take to make her disappear? We'll figure it out. Mom, I'm your daughter-your only real family now. You have to help me, and I'll help you."

The wildness in Violet's eyes was a perfect reflection of Yulia's own.

Yulia felt a deep, familiar ache stir inside her. Violet's words forced her to confront the truth she'd been avoiding.

She wasn't wrong. After all these years of scheming, what did she have to show for it? If she gave up now, everything she had clawed for would be snatched away by that woman Simms kept on the side, and all the ground she'd secured for Violet over the years would vanish in an instant.

looked at Violet and smiled, gentle and

my girl. You're right. Our enemies are your father's mistress and that viper, Victoria. If her mother hadn't stolen your father from me all those years ago, you wouldn't have been left in the countryside, and

father's not young anymore. I doubt any woman truly cares

endured decades of humiliation. She wasn't about to let

Evermore City

she'd see McNeil-and their daughter, whom she hadn't seen in nearly six

"Mama!"

grown taller, ran to her with shining eyes and tears brimming. "Mama, you haven't come home... Did

tiny babies

"Who are they?"

voice thick with emotion as he glanced at the newborns

Victoria. All her attention had

expression was unreadable She felt neither joy nor sorrow at Gwyneth's arrival. But still-this was her

Gwyneth, she could

just a

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