[Bonus chapter] The Easiest Target

"Still following her orders like her slave, i see?" Shyla mocked her daughter with a gaze full of contempt. "Did she even treat you well? Or are you a pet that is always at her disposal?" The tone only turned venomous as she was thrown inside the cell by the knight.

"Are you letting me suffer because your sister wanted to keep me in prison, Anne? I have better expectations from you but you only turned into another disappointment!" Her cold eyes were boring holes into the silent girl who was clenching her dress tightly in her hands and her head was lowered.

"You came here intentionally!" she whispered when her mother did not keep the silence. "Do you think Hazel did not know that?" Anne's voice was low and timid but her words were clear enough to silence Shyla when a wide grin formed on her face.