NICHOLAS’S POV

Honestly, I didn’t see my stepmother as a threat. Not yet. She’s someone that always thrived on drama, always orchestrating things just to watch people dance around her games.

Little did she know she was playing with matches in a house she hadn’t realized was already doused in gasoline.

Let her light her childish fire and she’d eventually choke on the smoke.

I wasn’t ready for her yet, but when the time came, I’d be prepared.

That night, the house was finally ...