I let out a scornful laugh, my voice failing me as hot, bitter tears began to sting my eyes.

"And he doesn't know about it?" I gasped out. "Yet he obeys every order his father gives him, thinking he still has a family to protect?"

I laughed again—a sharp, shattered sound. It brought a twisted sense of comfort regardless... At least I could see that Black was just as wretched and deceived as I was.

"But that doesn't change the fact that his mother was far more of a mother than you ever were!" I pointed out, glaring at her with raw fury. "You saw me coming to visit you...