Scott.My voice roared through the four walls of the room, cutting off Lilian's tirade in an instant. The sheer force of my command vibrated through the air, freezing her hand mid-air just inches before her palm could crash into Kayla’s face a second time. Lilian gasped, flinching hard as she turned her head toward me, her wide eyes filled with a mixture of shock, betrayal, and unbridled fury. “Scott!” she screeched, her voice pitching high with indignation as her chest heaved. “How could you yell at me like that? Look at what is happening here! Look at what this pathetic, scheming little creature is trying to do!” I stepped forward, my heavy boots thudding against the floor as I closed the distance between us. I didn't waste a single second. I reached out, my fingers wrapping like iron bands around Lilian's raised wrist, twisting it just enough to force her arm down and pull her step back from Kayla. “That is enough, Lilian,” I said, my tone dropping into a dangerously low, warni
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