OLIVIA

I should have watched my back… and my steps. And maybe my words. Because now? I’d just turned to face the devil.

And it wasn’t a good view at all.

“What did you just say about me?”

Her voice dripped with venom, and I found my tongue tied as she tilted her head forward, a snarl on her lips.

I swallowed hard. “I—I was about to leave.”

My ears picked up Axel’s footsteps getting closer, his stony, authoritative voice spoke out to Nelly.

“Let her go, Nel.”

“I ...