Tears rolled down her pale cheeks, like petals beaten down by a storm.
In another situation, someone might have softened.
Unfortunately.
She was facing me.
I saw it clearly—Aria stood there, her expression indifferent, even carrying a faint, almost imperceptible trace of irony.
She didn’t say a single word.
Seeing that Aria remained unmoved, a flash of venom passed through Evangeline’s eyes. She quickly suppressed it and turned those tear-filled eyes toward me instead.
Begging.
Testing.
Trying to trade weakness for mercy.
I looked at her.
And found it ridiculous.
My patience had run out the moment she grabbed Aria by the hair.
“Do it.”
Two words. No emotion at all.
The moment the clippers touched her scalp, her whole body jolted.
That chill felt like it drilled straight int
