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"Wouldn't 1?" | asked softly. "After what you did to me? After what you did to my daughter?"
Victoria's composure shattered completely. "If you do this, Ethan will kill you!"
| approached the cage, unfazed by her threats. "Let him try."
With deliberate slowness, | removed the cover from the cage, revealing the snakes inside. Three vipers coiled
within, their scales gleaming in the dim light.
| stared at them impassively. Once, | would have been terrified of these creatures. But my tin the
orphanage had curedof that particular phobia.
Victoria screamed, the sound bouncing off the stone walls. She pressed herself harder against the wall, as if
trying to melt into it.
"Not afraid, are you?" | taunted, reaching for a pair of thick gloves that lay beside
the cage.
"Please," Victoria begged, her voice breaking. "Please, Olivia. I'll keep silent about this. | promise!"
| ignored her pleas, pulling on the gloves with methodical precision. "You know, Victoria, | spent hours in that
basement last night. Hours in the dark, surrounded by rats, my worst fear."
Victoria's eyes darted frantically betweenand the cage. "I'll give you money. Anything you want!"
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"I don't want your money," | said coldly. "I want you to understand what it feels like to be trapped with the thing
you fear most."
| reached into the cage and calmly picked up one of the snakes. Its body writhed in my grasp, but I held it
firmly.
Without warning, | threw it at Victoria.
Her scream was primal, ripping from her throat as the snake landed on her shoulder. With her hands tied. behind
her back, she could only writhe and thrash, trying to dislodge the creature.
My eyes turned cold as | remembered the torment from the previous night, convinced Victoria was behind it.
"You did this to me," | said, my voice hardening. "You putin that basement. You knew my fears"
| reached for another snake, its scales smooth against the leather of my gloves. "Please!" Victoria sobbed, tears
streaming down her face. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
| threw the second snake. It landed at her feet, causing her to kick wildly in panic. "No amount of apologies can
undo what you've done," | said. "To me. To Lily." Chapter 54 Snakes
Victoria's screams grew louder as the snake began to slither up her leg. Her face was contorted in terror, her
eyes wild with panic.
| watched dispassionately as she thrashed against her bonds, desperate to escape the creatures that now
surrounded her.
The third snake joined its companions, landing directly in Victoria's lap. Her screams reached a new pitch, raw
and desperate.
| stepped back, signaling to the bodyguards. "Close the door. Leave her with her new friends."
The heavy door began to swing shut, Victoria's pleas growing more frantic with each passing second.
"Olivia!" she screamed. "Don't leavehere! Please!"
| watched her through the narrowing gap, feeling nothing but cold satisfaction. The woman who had tormented
Just as the door was about to close completely, a powerful voice echoed down the corridor.
"OLIVIA! OPEN THIS DOOR NOW!"
Ethan stood at the end of the hallway, his face contorted with rage. His amber eyes blazed with fury strode
toward us.
y as he
Victoria, seeing her rescuer, momentarily forgot her fear. She glared at me
through the gap in the door, mouthing "You're dead" before crying out to Ethan.
"Ethan! Help me! There are snakes!"
| met her gaze steadily, then signaled to the bodyguards. "Close it."
The door slammed shut with finality, cutting off Victoria's screams.
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| turned to face Ethan, unafraid of his anger. His eyes burned into mine as he
closed the distance between us.
"You dare?" he growled, his voice vibrating with fury.
| lifted my chin, meeting his gaze unflinchingly. "I dare."
Ethan's control snapped. He grabbed my wrist, yankingaway from the door with such force that pain shot
up my arm.
He threwagainst the wall, his face twisted with rage. Still weakened from my ordeal, | stumbled, nearly
falling.
The bodyguards moved quickly, catchingbefore I hit the ground. They positioned themselves between Ethan
and me, their massive forms creating a protective barrier.
Ethan ignored them, moving toward the basement door. His intent was clear-he would kick it down if necessary
to free Victoria.
Watching him, seeing his desperate concern for Victoria when he had shownnone, | felt something inside
"If you release her," | warned, my voice steady despite my racing heart, "I'll do twice as much to her next time."
Ethan turned to me, his eyes narrowed to dangerous slits. "No one will dare touch Victoria again. I'll make
sure of it."
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