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.

eyes widened. "Is this

"Probably."

placed the snake on the ground. He fiddled with it for a moment, extracting a couple of batteries from its head,

over Amara, but it was quickly replaced by anger. She

her fear of snakes. In the past, she'd used real ones to scare Amara. With Finnian

"I thought so

after having dinner, Finnian had figured

Elowen would pull a

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

"Dad."

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

proof of Elowen's remote control antics. Larry's face darkened with anger, the veins at

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

be too angry've