The Lycan's daughter: His to ruin
"But I did it by cutting your legs out from under you in your own room. I shut you up when you had every right to lead the room. It was patronizing, it was a mistake, and I'm sorry."
Vanessa didn't answer right away. She stared at me, her chest rising and falling in shallow, guarded breaths. For a moment, the silence held the ghost of the furious woman who had stormed out of that boardroom days ago, eyes blazing as she publicly shredded my lies to the council.
Slowly, the tension in her neck relaxed, just a fraction. The anger didn't vanish, but the fevered edge was gone, replaced by a cold, practical reality.
"You're a bastard, Abel," she said quietly, though there was no real venom in it t