Chapter 76. He Smiled?

Aria stood up slowly, blood dripping from her fingers. She tilted her head, as if considering Emily’s words.

Then she smiled—a smile that didn’t reach her hollow eyes.

“Perfect,” she murmured. “Someone who can actually kill me. You think I am afraid of whoever the Red Dragon is? I have been praying for death since this morning. If sending his daughter’s corpse to him can make that happen, so be it.”

Isabella’s eyes widened at that statement. Only then did she realize threats meant nothing to Aria.

“Please…” she croaked. “Please don’t kill me… I didn’t mean—please—”

Aria crouched beside her, grabbed a fistful of her hair, and forced her to look up.

Thick red blood dripped down her sideburns.

Her voice dropped to a lethal whisper.

“You talk when I let you.”

Isabella sobbed, “Yes…”

“Who’s the boss here?”

“You are…”

Aria stared deep into her eyes.

“Next time you dare look at me like you matt