Chapter 56. The Viper

[Ralph’s Point-of-View]

“So, did your hybrid get away from the Palace?”

My eyes found her viperlike eyes, the color of hazel brown that seemed gilded under the yellow torch light. I never liked the way she looked at me as if I were some sort of other person she could control. But as for the moment, I had no choice but to play along with her game.

After I took off my coat, which was slightly drenched from the drizzle outside, she stepped closer to me and felt the coldness of my skin caused by the freezing breeze of the night. It was already dawn and it was not typical for Kendra to stay awake that very late.

She was too eager for Claire to leave this kingdom. She always hated the girl. She hated her existence after Edison didn’t choose Kendra, despite her great standing in society.

I could never blame her. She was a woman of hate, the spoiled daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the kingdom, who owned mostly one-sixth of the