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.

"Probably."

fiddled with it for a moment, extracting a couple of batteries

by anger. She gritted her teeth. "This has

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

"I thought so

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

it wasn't surprising that Elowen would pull a stunt like

his phone for a bit. A few minutes later, Will sent him the evidence he

"Dad."

genuinely terrified of snakes. I think

antics. Larry's face darkened with anger, the veins at his temples pulsating

Larry couldn't chastise Elowen in front of him, so he

please don't be too angry've gotten used to

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