Page 11 of Brandy Snap: Part Two
I paused, focusing on the strength I needed. I wished the bond with Kai was still in place so he could feel what was happening. But maybe he wouldn’t come. He hadn’t helped me last time, either.
“What if they offered me more money than you?”
She stilled as if I’d made a small dent.
“I know you already cashed that cheque. Are you telling me you’re such a gold digger that you’d risk your life simply for more money?”
Sin had already mentioned how often omegas targeted them only because of their money. If I acted like Rosa again, would it help me escape?
“Well, you could just pay me, and I’ll leave now,” I said as casually as I could.
A snarl ripped from Zania, and I gasped as she suddenly lunged for me.
Her hand shot forward, and I cried out as she grabbed my left earring.
My earlobe exploded in agony as she tugged at it. A scream burst from me as the piercing bit into flesh. I only just managed to snap my head to my shoulder in time, pressing hard to trap her hand and stop her tearing it.
“Look at how pathetic you are.” She scoffed. “As soon as I do anything, you’re reduced to a weak, whimpering omega. Who do you think you are to stand up to me?”
A glare twisted my face, but it didn’t last long. The second she pulled on the pendant, I let out another shout. I almost stumbled, terrified she would tear my earlobe and I’d end up covered in blood.
Maybe if I screamed louder, someone would come and help. But the alpha standing guard at the door would stop them. I couldn’t see anyone getting past him.
No one moved me when I’d called for help the last time she cornered me, either.
“I don’t want some gold-digging little whore waltzing into my house. No matter how often you had to spread your legs to get an invitation, it was a mistake to even give you a warning. I should have dealt with you then and there.”
Fear roared in me, telling me to get away. Like a raw animal panic, the kind that would do absolutely anything to escape from her. A torn earlobe wasn’t bad compared to never seeing the people I loved again.
“I won’t let some Knottinghill whore taint our family. You have no right to even breathe the same air as my son.”
Her eyes flashed, like she’d made some kind of decision.
But I wasn’t ready to find out what it was.
I screamed again as I yanked my head to the right. Zania still firmly clutched my earring. The agony was excruciating as the piercing began to tear.
“What are you doing!?” Zania shouted.
“Do it,” I growled through the pain. “Tear it off.” I winced as I pulled my head again, and, this time, her hand followed me as I started to straighten my neck.
I choked as tears blurred my vision and the pain dug deeper.
“I can’t wait to see Caspian’s face as I come back into the party with my earlobe torn up, blood pouring over my shoulder, and his mum conveniently missing.”
“Don’t you dare threaten me,” she hissed.
My eyes rolled, gagging as her hyacinth blew through me.
I couldn’t lose my composure now. I had to get out.
“How do you think he’ll respond when he learns you hit me?” I asked through gritted teeth.
I still had the burning question of why Kai kept the fact she hit him a secret. Because, surely, they would have defended him and come to his rescue. Or did he not trust his own mates enough to ask them for help?
“If my earlobe bursts, there’s no way you won’t get blood on you. And how will that look?”
I’d cleaned up enough blood stains in my time as a maid to know which body parts bled the easiest.
