Payback's Price

Elira

I look at my stepmother, Veyra, her face twisted with anger, and I smile, sharp and cold.

“Veyra,” I say, my eyes—one like ice, the other like night—locking onto hers. “I was planning to come visit you soon, but I guess there is truly no need anymore. Since you are finally here… I can see your face right now.”

She laughs—a cruel, bitter sound—her eyes cold as steel.

“So it was completely true… what Liora said about you,” she hisses. “At first, I ...