In the game between the Duke and her, she was certain she would be the ultimate winner.
Adeline didn't flinch. For a second, she felt bad bringing up his dead mother to use him, but that feeling stopped as soon as it began.
She didn't care that she was resorting to underhanded methods, she was in the body of a villainess after all, and she ought to act like one. And for someone who planned to hurt Dimitri, she didn't care if she was toying with him.
For a moment she felt a presence... It felt like she could feel the old Adeline... No, not the young one, but the soul of adult Adeline from the story...
She did not know what to feel but she did not want to experience old Adeline's feelings anymore. They were filled with bitterness and resentment. She wanted to focus on the present.