Chapter 174

The knife glinted against Lydia’s throat. Selene’s claws twitched, but she didn’t move an inch. One wrong step and her daughter’s blood would spill.

“Mary,” she said, “look at her. She’s just a child. This isn’t justice.”

Mary’s jaw trembled, though her grip stayed firm. “She’s his child. His blood. The same blood that killed mine.”

Lydia whimpered. “Mary… you promised you’d never let anyone hurt me.”

Mary’s eyes flickered, guilt flashing across her face before she shut it down.

“Don’t talk,” she snapped, though her voice cracked.

Selene’s chest heaved. She forced herself to breathe slow, to keep her voice steady. “If Caius killed them, he had...