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."

extracting a couple of

quickly replaced by anger. She gritted her teeth. "This has Elowen written all

real ones to scare Amara. With Finnian around, she

nodded. "I thought

Finnian had figured out that while Fiona was cunning, Elowen

that Elowen would pull

for a bit. A few minutes later, Will sent him the evidence he needed. With snake in hand, Finnian

"Dad."

awkward incident with Amara. He continued, "Amara is genuinely terrified of snakes. I think this

control antics. Larry's face darkened

chastise Elowen in front of him, so he gruffly assured, "Finn, don't worry.

angry've gotten used to things like this. I'm just worried about Elowen. She's old enough to know better