[Lilia]

Sabina continued to sneer at me like some cat hissing at a dog. I wanted to cross the space between us and finish what she had started, but Val was holding my shoulders firmly to keep me on the ground as though he knew exactly what I was thinking. Good thing he kept his silence, or else he would be the one meeting my wrath.

“See?” She cried in exasperation, turning her attention to her so-called fiancé. “You pamper her too much, and look how unbridled she has become, out of ...