Strangers in the End
AdamPlot TwistsCounter AttackMelodramaticMafiaGirl PowerBiasRevengeRegretFemale Growth
"What you just crushed underfoot is the crest of my Thorne family, and its honor along with it. Anthony, tell me. How should we settle that account?"
The hall erupted.
Anthony went white as a sheet, his legs going weak beneath him, nearly buckling to the floor.
He looked at Leon and me in disbelief, then at the broken crest on the floor, finally grasping just how stupid a thing he'd done a moment ago.
"No... this can't be..." His voice was shaking beyond his control. "A traitor who stole family secrets, how could she possibly..."
Leon said nothing, only glanced down at him from above.
It was as if a hand had closed around Anthony's throat, and he swallowed his words at once.