Chapter 2: Beta Caspian
Her eyes were wide like she couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Her heels clicked sharply against the marble floor as she stepped forward, slow and calculating, scanning the room. Then she locked eyes with me bleeding, broken, barely standing.
"No..." she whispered, voice trembling. "No, it can’t be..."
And then the scream tore from her throat.
"WHO DID THIS TO YOU?!"
Father instantly rushed to her side, that fake calm mask plastered on his face.
"Darling, it’s fine," he said, touching her arms as if that would soothe her wrath. "It’s just hair. It’ll grow back"
"I SAID WHO DID THIS!" she roared, eyes burning.
Lilian didn’t hesitate.
She pointed directly at me, where I lay crumpled on the floor with Ariel wrapped protectively around my body.
Stepmother’s face twisted. "The ruin of the litter? The bastard did this to mychild?"
Her heels clicked again as she stalked toward me, venom in her eyes.
"You.."
