Serena’s nails dug into the polished mahogany as her fury spilled out unchecked, and the fragile facade of her poise crumbled. Her voice which was once smooth and commanding, cracked with venom as she spat.
“You think this ends well for you? For her? You’re blinded, Kai. That girl, she will ruin you. She doesn’t belong in your world, doesn’t even deserve to breathe the same air. You’ll see soon enough when she breaks, when she leaves you shattered the way grief once did. And when she does, don’t come crawling to me, because I will not pity you.”
Her chest heaved, and though her voice went still, her mind raged on.
Do you think I’ll stand by and let her steal what should have been mine? I won’t. I cannot. I will not watch some ordinary, fragile woman take what Celeste left behind, what y
