Chapter 422

Hastings stared coldly at Citrine, then slapped her twice, sharp and dismissive. "I'm warning you don't make Kali upset again. Next time, you won't get off this easy."

Citrine was still in the dark about what had happened the night before. She looked at the two of them, bewildered. Not long ago, they'd been falling over themselves to be kind to her, calling her "sis" and treating her like family. Now, in the blink of an eye, their warmth had turned to ice.

Before she could speak, Hastings hurled a stack of photographs at her. The pictures scattered in a messy flurry across the floor. As Citrine bent to pick them up, her face drained of color.

Every photo was of her.

She saw herself, disheveled, skin exposed, her clothes slipping off her shoulders. In a few of the shots, a powerful, masculine arm was wrapped tightly around her chest—a man's arm, unmistakably.

Suddenly, Citrine understood what Quentin had meant by "the real deal."

"How could you do this?" Her hand trembled as she gripped the photos, her face ashen.

Quentin just laughed, utterly unfazed. "That's what you get for crossing our princess Kali."

to me, Citrine. Kali is our darling, our princess. You? You're just a stray with no one to care about you. You're not even fit to shine her shoes.

disbelief.

right," Hastings

lost, Citrine stammered, “But I haven't

"You nearly killed Kali, and you act like you're blameless? How can

to get angrier just thinking about it. "If I wasn't a man, I'd teach you a lesson right now." To vent his frustration, he kicked the sofa hard enough to make

frozen,

that might explain this. Aside from the other day, when Kali needed a blood transfusion and she'd arrived a

it was all over that... It was beyond

free will. That's not my duty. So I was late-how does that give you

her personal

shrugged, indifferent. "So what?

not. You almost delayed Kali's transfusion. For that

smirked, voice cold. "You're here for one reason: to give Kali blood. You'll keep doing it until there's nothing left to

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