Amber. “Is Zeden going to come with us?” She turned around midway up the staircase, like it was the most important detail on her list.“No,” I answered, forcing the smallest, tightest smile. “He left very early this morning and he’ll be back late tonight. Why do you ask, sister?”All I wanted to do was slap her. Slap that innocent tone right off her face. Slap her for the way her eyes lit up at his name. Slap her for every short skirt, every lingering glance, every calculated “accidental” brush against him.“No, I just wanted to know,” she said lightly. “Well, I thought it’d be nice going together with him to see Mom.” She smiled like she was the wife excited for her husband to come home soon. “But anyway, I’ll dress quickly. I’m sure we’ll be back before he gets home, right?”“Yes, sister. I’m sure.”A few minutes later, after I’d quietly told the maids to start packing up Skyla’s things from the upstairs room she’d begged Zeden to let her have (and he had agreed, the bastard), I
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