Chapter 172: Lies and Venom

Elira

The air felt suddenly heavier than solid stone. Every desperate breath scraped my throat until it was raw and painful. My frantic pulse thundered so loudly it completely drowned out the faint, annoying hum of the flickering light bulb above my head.

Liora stood directly before me, one possessive hand resting on her stomach, the other twirling a cruel-looking knife that gleamed sharply under the weak light. Her smile was calculated poison wrapped neatly in a ...