Quiet Reign
"Because I am done letting Camila—and you—use my life as collateral for your balance sheets."
"You will fix this," Helena commanded, taking a step forward, her composure cracking to reveal the cold, manipulative matriarch beneath. "You will call a press conference this afternoon. You will stand next to Camila, you will announce a formal wedding date, and you will release a statement claiming this 'Selah' was merely an administrative liaison whose contract has been terminated. You will sweep this nobody back into the gutter where she belongs."
At the mention of Selah being swept into the gutter, something dark and primal snapped within Xavier.