Chapter 42

RHIANNON

As the tears trickled down my face, I felt stinging pain at the corners of my mouth, blood dripping down my lips.

“You don’t think I wouldn’t know… huh, Ria?” he asked, pulling on my hair as I let out a scream.

“Ash… Ashley was right about not trusting you, and that smile on your face,” I said, gritting my teeth with a mouthful of blood.

“That snoopy friend of yours… she’s problematic,” he said, forcefully letting go of my hair.

“Lea… please… leave her out of this,” I said, as though I were in the position to give commands.

“Worry about yourself and your little Prince Charming first,” he answered.

“You won’t dare… Alessandro will come for you!” I yelled, letting out a cough. I had forgotten how sore and dry my throat had felt from struggling with these goons.

Alessandro’s going to come find me, just wait, he’ll destroy your plans.

“How are you going to defend yourself against him? Last I checked, he’s one o