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205. The Villain

Author: Kiki Jones
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-28 04:24:47

HAYLEE

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I heard her right. Right?

She mentioned my name. Benita, the so-called friend who tried to kill me with different kinds of poison, said Haylee put her up to it.

The question is, which Haylee?

I mean, there has to be another Haylee in the pack. Perhaps her name is spelled differently from mine—Hailey or maybe Hayley. Urgh, fuck!

Frustration slipped into my blood vessels because a huge part of me knew that Benita was referring to me, and it was confirmed when she looked my way and spat with so much hatred, “The supposed Queen put me up to this. If I had known this was the game she was trying to play, I wouldn’t have listened to her.”

Benita burst into tears, shedding crocodile tears, but they looked real enough to get a reaction out of the crowd. In fact, she pulled their heartstrings even more when she whimpered, “But I am s-simply a lowly servant. I d-dare not say no to the queen.”

I couldn’t believe my ears, yet my body shook with the same rage I had tried so damn hard to
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