Crowned By Brilliance: Her Revenge Starts Now

w could she actuall

ng her arms around his shoulders with a playful smile. Her tone turned sy

the anxiety she fought to hide. As she unbuckled the second button, the ha

hing had gone ragged. His skin, already pale, turned ashen, sweat brea

h her. This wasn't just nerv

circles between his shoulder blades, her voice urgen

as fighting for control. His face had gone stark white, beads of sweat glistening on his brow. With

determination. For once, she sensed the tide was

hers, her touch confident but soothing. "Aidan, focus

clearly alarmed-charged into the room. She rushed straight to Aidan, hands half-raised as if to steady him, but hesitated,

leveled a look at Lilah, the air bet

Without missing a beat, she pinched his arm har

. "Ms. Wilson, you shouldn't do that! He can't tolerate

's fingers suddenly clamped tight around Nicol

l the years she'd known Aidan, he had never let a woman near him-never, not once

reled into the room, only to freeze mid-stride, jaw

s grip on Nicole's hand turned vicious-his knuckles white,

liberate inhale, she slipped a slender silver needle from her bag and lined

with panic. "What do you think you're doing

ss her cheeks, hiding the steely resolve in her eyes.

precision, angling the n

rip surprisingly strong. "Stop! How could that be a proper treatment

gaze squarely, her tone unflinching. "If anythin

of protest, Nicole pressed the needle

er composure completely shattered

t off guard, his mouth

a faint prick-a sensation no worse than a mosq

time. She drew a second needle, her focus sharp

ted, desperate to intervene, "Ms. Wilson, are you o

ough the chaos with a voice as icy as steel. "If you actually want h

kly hardened into seething outrage. "I'm his godsister. Yo

finger toward the exit and bar

ity, she drove the needle into the pressure po

ined of color. His mind raced: if something happened

d to Duran, her voice sharp with panic. "Du

but Nicole didn't spare

attention fixed on the gradual improvement in Aidan's b

er, ignoring his well-known aversion to woman. Her voice was soft but urge

red him poison. With a flash of rage and dis

She'd convinced herself that Aidan's acceptance of Ms. Wilson's touch me

nt, Lilah reluctantly r

ith practiced precision before tucking them neatly away. On

er face with a new intensity. There was no m

to a guarded murmur. "Your needles

cal kit. She met his stare, fully a

e who could stare down a wolf and wield such precise