CHAPTER 134: GambleVictoria's POV“I want my mummy! I want to go home! Let me go!” Theo shrieked with his face a blotchy mess of tears and snot. He was thrashing in my grip, his small heels digging into the rug of the hideout.We were back in Gerald’s underground sanctuary. After the chaos at the lodge, Gerald had insisted we return here. He had spent a fortune making the place look "refined" with chairs, tables and walls lined with books no one actually read. But to me, it was just a fancy cage.“Theo, stop it. Now,” I hissed, my hands trembling as I tried to hold his shoulders. My magic was flickering under my skin, restless and bruised from the scrying session. “You’re safe here. Your mother… she’ll be here soon.”It was a lie and the boy knew it.“You’re a bad lady! You’re the mean witch!” Theo sobbed, his voice cracking. He lunged forward and bit my hand and I yelped, pulling back as the sting of his teeth radiated up my arm. “You little brat!”“For God’s sake, Victoria,
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