Chapter 29: A Guard's True Loyalty
(Celeste's POV)
Scarlett's emerald eyes narrowed, glinting with a frustration that she barely managed to contain. Her carefully controlled mask of sweetness began to c***k around the edges, and a sharp edge crept into her sugary tone.
"Why won't you say anything?" she demanded, folding her arms tightly across her chest. There was no attempt now to hide the venom dripping from her words. "Are you enjoying this? Watching Mother suffer because you refuse to speak?"
Her voice rose slightly, the faux concern clashing with the accusation in her tone.
I held her gaze calmly, keeping my posture as steady as I could manage. Years of enduring harsher words and cruelties had made silence my shield. My wolf stayed quiet, weary and uninterested in engaging with S
