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

"Probably."

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

anger. She gritted her

ones to scare Amara. With Finnian around, she probably opted for a

"I thought so

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

Elowen would pull a

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

"Dad."

recounted the snake discovery in the bathroom, conveniently leaving out the awkward incident with Amara. He continued, "Amara is genuinely terrified of snakes. I think this prank went too

the evidence on his phone, proof of Elowen's remote control antics. Larry's face darkened

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

don't be too angry've gotten used to things like this. I'm just worried about Elowen. She's old enough