Chapter 144. Backswing to Snow (1)

Raina’s POV

Flabbergasted and open-mouthed, I stared at Mercedes.

My legs felt so numb that I stumbled two steps backwards.

Both the sandwich and coke fell from my hands to the floor. The nasty smug on her face riled Hera as she seethed within me.

She was Snow?

My brain was on pause. Her statement echoed in the deafening silence of my world. No one but mine and Valen’s family knew about Snow. Then how did Mercedes come to know that ghastly name?

Neither of us relinquished the eye-lock. She was enjoying my state of shock. Empathically, she gave me time to digest the implication that the troublesome woman I nicknamed Snow, was actually her.

A gloating smile took over her lips. “I was waiting until the Howl De Lune Festival to tell you, but I guess there's no time like the present.”

Still thunderstruck, she placed her fingers under my chin, lifting so that my mouth closed.

“Be mindful of flies.” She jibed and clucke