Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 49

Then again, Amara recalled this ordeal had inflicted defamatory insults on her. It had left her feeling off-kilter for the past couple of days.

Even after Finnian had uncovered the truth, he had only given Liliana a light warning instead of any real punishment, which didn't exactly make any pointed manifestation.

At the thought of it, Amara let out a wry smile.

"Got it," she said, her voice cool and detached. "Is there anything else?"

There was no reply on the other end. The faint hum of the phone line was the only sign that the call hadn't ended.

"Well, if there's nothing more, I'm hanging up."

Not wanting to wait any longer, Amara ended the call without wavering.

car, staring at his phone's

though, feeling a restless urge to shred it to pieces. But instead, he stuffed it back in, climbed in the car and put the seat belt on before driving

day at home, trying to unwind. By evening, she received a text from Elysia asking if she wanted to grab dinner. Initially, she thought about declining because she had to head to the set later,

me the location,]

sitting down at a cozy diner on Galleria

Elysia dipped her fries into ketchup, Amara dropped a bombshell

left speechless, looking up in disbelief

smile was tinged with bitterness. "It happened

fork promptly and gave her

the world. Don't stress. Do

had suspected this might happen and felt a pang of guilt for not having

"I'm really not sure if

she'd always wanted one. However, her own upbringing hadn't been theĕ best, and she worried

of raising a