I didn’t care. I needed to do it, and luckily Ha-joon was on my side understanding this. So was the male head attorneyat ASH who was a lion, Gerald, because he was the one who convinced Ellie it was fine and pulled the strings.
A guard came in first holding the arm of a vampire and shock rocked me to my core. I simply blinked for a moment.
Because Kenneth Reed was far from thetrollAurora had described.
He was a normal, actually attractive man.
Wow, looks really aren’t everything, and what a person is inside can really affect how people see them.I swallowed loudly at that thought because I would have to always remember this.
Especially because I liked the way Aurora looked at me now and appreciated my physical appearance. I didn’t want that to ever change and certainly not to the point it influenced her perception of her former husband.
Kenneth curled his lip at me. “The bitch didn’t even have the guts to come see me herself? What bullshit is this?” He shot an annoyed look at the guard. “You told me Aurora was here.”
The guard shoved him into the chair across the table from me. “You really hear whatever you want to. You asked why you had a visitor and I said it had to do with your ex-wife and that was all I knew.” The guard locked Kenneth’s cuffs to the table and I snickered.
Kenneth didn’t get it, but the guard did, barely suppressing the smirk.
“Standard protocol?” I checked, nodding that I wasn’t offended when the guard confirmed it was.
“So Aurora sent some lackey to apologize for all she’s done?” Kenneth demanded when he realized the focus wasn’t on him.
I raised an eyebrow. “I can’t imagine a single fucking thing she wouldneedto apologize toyoufor.”
He looked at me as if I was soft in the head. “The bitch betrayed me. She was—she hid my daughter from me and—”
“So Theresa didn’t go through the same thing you put Aurora through because she knew you were such a monster even your own daughter wouldn’t be safe,” I drawled. “And you knew. You found out.”
Rage filled his eyes at being called out, but then I saw confusion. “There’s no way Aurora told you all of that. She’s a broken bitch. Always has been, and—why are you here on her behalf?”
“I’m not. I’m here for my own reasons.”
He looked at the guard. “Then what does this have to do with my idiot wife?”
“Ex-wife,” we both said, but mine was a deep growl.
And that was when Kenneth connected the dots. His fangs slid out as he turned back to me. “That fucking—”
“You disparage mymateagain and they’re going to be cleaning your entrails off the fucking walls,” I warned him, my voice tight.
“Please don’t do that to me,” the guard mumbled. “I need this job.”
Well shit. I let out a slow breath and gave a sharp nod.
“Mate?” Kenneth mocked. “You’re stupid enough to mate used goods like her?Brokengoods even because I bred her for years and—”
“She learned how to keep from getting pregnant so there wasn’t another child for you to abuse or sell off later?” I drawled. I chuckled when he did a double take. “Oh please. Youhadto have an heir to take over the coven, but after that she couldn’t bear to know you would just sell off thedaughteryou would have because you were cursed.”
“No, that’s—”
“You really are as stupid as people have said,” I muttered, playing it up because what he’d said pissed me off so bad. “I knew your brother and cousin both did everything they could tooust you, but—you really are a fool and had no clue.” I shook my head.
“I knewexactlywhat was going on,” he snapped.
“Oh yeah, and you just willingly let them ruin you?”
“It’s called an addiction for a reason,” he hissed even as he forced his fangs to retract.
“I didn’t realize you’ve finally acknowledged your gambling addiction,” I admitted. “But that doesn’t make up for the rest.”
