TIARA THORNELLS Her face twisted with rage. "That's because... I hate you, Brietta!" she screamed. "Things would be better if you never existed!" She raised her voice further, almost hysterical now. "YOU TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME! MY FRIENDS… EVEN IRVIN, AND NOW PRINCE ZATAN! I don’t care if I get punished once they find out I was the one who killed you before. I don’t care what happens to me. All that matters is that I kill you again!" "You’re old enough to understand right from wrong, Darly," I said. "So I’m not going to waste my time giving you a lecture or words of wisdom. They’d be wasted on someone like you." "...people like you... are terrifying. Because you slither like a snake. You hide your fangs under fake smiles and wounded pride... But this time… I won’t let you hurt me.

