The Villainess rewrites her fate
"You have no idea what you're stepping into. That family, whatever fond notions your mother's letter may have left you with, is not a sentimental homecoming waiting to happen. It's a nest of people who've spent decades circling an inheritance they'd prefer never had a living claimant to complicate it."
"Then tell me the truth. All of it. If it's this dangerous, don't you think I deserve to understand exactly what I'm walking into, rather than stumbling through it half-blind?"
"What I think," he said, turning back to face her, "is that your mother made the same mistake, trusting that understanding the danger would be enough to protect her from it. It wasn't. I have no intention of watching he