Chapter 264

INT. - JULIAN BLACK'S MANSION - NIGHT

Simone's blood boiled in her veins, her dervish heritage beating itself against her insides as her fury shattered her normal control. With a trio of decisive power snaps, she shattered all three walls of the solarium, crushing the living, thriving plants under the scythe of falling glass. A tiny fragment broke free, slicing over her cheek, drawing out a line of blood which she dabbed with a startled fingertip.

Enough of a surprise to break her out of her rage, to turn her on her polished heel and move her forward, into the house. She examined the cut with critical eyes, wondering where Julian was. Even as she fumed in a cold and calculating slow boil, allowing her Nightshade blood to take over.