“Tell me,” he continued, his voice rising. “How does it feel to be outsmarted in your own little game of deception?”
Philipa’s chest rose and fell rapidly.
She tasted blood in her mouth.
“I asked you a question!” Mark roared.
SMACK!
The second slap was even harder.
Her chair tipped sideways and she collapsed onto the floor, catching herself with shaking hands.
Across the room Kaden leaned back further in his chair, watching with clear enjoyment.
Philipa forced herself not to cry out.
Not in front of him. Never in front of him.
Mark paced slowly in front of her.
“You deceived this entire academy,” he said coldly. “You deceived your family. You deceived the laws of our kind.”His voice dripped with disgust.“All for what? Your selfish ambition?”
Philipa’s fingers curled into the fl
