Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 66

The atmosphere between Amara and Finnian had now become awkward, and Amara was desperately searching for a topic to break the tension. Suddenly, Finnian remembered something and headed to the bathroom.

A few seconds later, he emerged holding a bright green snake, waving it in front of Amara's face. Amara screamed in terror and scrambled backward in a frenzy.

"Don't be scared," Finnian explained, his voice tinged with amusement. "It's fake."

Amara remained silent, freezing in a rather undignified position, her backside awkwardly sticking out.

Quickly regaining her composure, she looked back. Finnian was holding the snake by its tail, and the snake dangled limply, its posture unnatural and not at all like a living creature.

Upon closer inspection, Amara noticed that despite the snake's scales gleaming realistically, the lifeless, beady eyes gave away its artificial nature.

widened. "Is this

"Probably."

the ground. He fiddled with it for a moment, extracting a couple of batteries from its head, upon which the

by anger. She

In the past, she'd used real ones to scare Amara. With Finnian around, she probably opted

nodded. "I

after having dinner, Finnian had figured out that while Fiona was cunning, Elowen was not the sharpest tool in the

wasn't surprising that Elowen would pull a stunt

later, Will sent him the evidence he needed. With snake

"Dad."

conveniently leaving out the awkward incident with Amara. He continued, "Amara is genuinely terrified

of Elowen's remote control antics. Larry's face darkened with

front of him, so he gruffly assured, "Finn, don't worry. I'll make sure Ama gets an

silent until now. She stepped forward, head bowed and said Dad, please don't be too angry've gotten