Chapter 100. You Asked for This

She bit the inside of her cheek painfully to stop herself from crying out and her heart beat rapidly in her chest as her mother yanked her head back to stare at her terrified features with a twisted excitement.

“Your idea intrigues me,” Narcissa purred as she removed the blade from Ada’s neck and stroked her daughter’s hair with the blood-coated blade of the knife.

Ada trembled fiercely under her mother’s psychotic embrace, not daring to make a sound in case it provoked her wrath once more.

Narcissa chuckled softly as she planted a kiss on Ada’s forehead roughly and licked the blade free of any remaining blood, smiling wickedly down at her daughter’s terrified face.

“Tell me everything, my little lamb, and we shall see whether or not I sacrifice your blood and the life of your unborn child tonight, or whether your plan offers you yet another chance to redeem yourself.”

Ann sat on the edge of her bed, staring at the phone in her hand for a long time, wil