Chapter 378
Commor washed his face at the small sink, trying to appear clean and presentable. His hands shook with nervous energy as he prepared to see Emma
He was then escorted to the visitation room where Victoria and Emma waited behind the printered glass.
Cole’s are swept past Victoria, landing entirely on Emma. He picked up the phone with trembling hands, his wolty
I you give the evidence to Ethan?” Victeria immediately demanded, ber voter sharp with anxiety.
“Did you
Connor’s expression hardened as he saw Victoria’s desperation. “Air you timally scared?” he askeri coldly.
“pil you tell Ethan anything?” Victoria internapted, her wolt’s fear sceu filling the small booth.
Viciona then placed the phone next to Emma’s car. The young gil’s voler was sweet and scent as she spoke.
“Daddy, did you give the evidence to Dhan Dail?” Emma asked, her eyes wide with feigned concem.
Connor’s one inmediately softened when addressing his daughter. “Emma, sweetheart, don’t Interfere with adult matters”
“If you don’t tell me, I’ll never see you again!” Enuma threatened, her voice rising with practiced hysteria
She clutched her chest dramatically, pretending to have difficulty breathing. Her small body trembled as she gasped for air.
connor’s heart clenched as he watched his daughter’s distress. Even suspecting she wa
ecting she was acting, he couldn’t bear to see her suffer.
I haven’t told Exhan anything,” he finally admitted, his voice defeated.
Victoria breathed a sigh of relief, her woll reading beneath her skin. She still had the upper hand in this deadly game.
She signaled Emma, who immediately escalated her performance. “Daddy, I’ll never forgive you if you hand over the evidence! I’ll die if anything happens to Momnw!”
Connor’s hand trembled as he gripped the phone. The thought of Emma hamsing herself if anything happened to Victoria was unbearable.
He couldn’t gamble with his daughter’s life, no matter what Victoria had done. His paternal instincts overrode everything else.
“I won’t tell thanamthing,” he promised, his voice hollow. “Take care of yourself, Emma,‘
“Whatever, Daddy,” Emma responded impatiently, already losing Interest in the conversation.
Connor consoled himself that he could correct Emma’s behavior once he was released. He would teach her tight from wrong when they were together again.
Emma handed the phone backto Victoria, her part in the manipulation complete.
“Take care of Emma,” Commor threatened Victoria, his woll’s protective instincts flaring
The familiar scent of antiseptic and healing herbs filled my nostrils.
o leave.
i saw Dr. Marcus Fletcher delivering test reports to the ward. Through the doorway, I could see Oliva and Lucas Blackwood helping Evelyn prepare to
My wolf immediately recognized my true mute’s scent, stining with longing beneath skin. The sight of her casting for her mother made my chest tighten with
“Orange” I swallowed back the word “Mum” before it could escape. “Mrs. Winters, I’m here to pick you
you up from the medical den ”
Evelyn’s expression remained cold as she looked at me. “Hu need for Alphia Stone to trouble himself. I can’t afford it.”
Het rejection stung, but 1 yderstood her anger. I had failed her daughter and granddangliter in the worst possible way. olivis ignosed me completely as she escorted her mother toward the exit. I followed at a respectful distance, my wall whining softly. We entered the elevatus together, and I stood in the corner, trying not to coed them. The tension in the small space was suffocating
Dreign sighed towardly, and I could sense her thoughts. Some mistakes could never be given. Lily’s death was an insumountable chasm between her daughter
When we reached the grind Hour, Olivia discovered that her car’s ties had been punctured. All four tires were completely that.
She immediately turne
with fury blazing inherenteral eyes “did this” she assed, kicking my shit with suprising force.
Her woll growled beneath her slam as she glad at me with pure hated. How I was the prime suspect, but I considered it worthwhile if it meant taking “Orange Mod home.
