Chapter 116: Merciless

Grace's unapologetic tone cut clean through the room. She was now a woman stripped of hesitation. To Marco, it was no longer a surprise—the venom in her tone, the spine in her voice. He had seen glimpses of this Grace before... but never like this. Never this unrelenting.

Bartholomew, however, still hadn't grasped it. He wasn't a man who bowed to women, especially not ones he raised like pawns. His ...