Chapter 31 Conquests

• My back straightened at the mention of the curse. So far, only Georgi had addressed it directly and Helen had almost alluded to it but had never elaborated about it. “Curse?” Sierra’s lips stretched into a wider curve, her eyes, however, glinted with sickening satisfaction. She leaned back on the sofa, folded her hands and regarded me for some time. This stance of hers irritated me to no end. Any and every sympathy for this woman and her son evaporated at that moment.
• This woman…still trying to hold on to the beauty she might have once possessed with the terrible makeup skills and trying to pretend to be a proud Luna at the same time made my skin crawl. I restrained myself from commenting on these things and waited patiently. My hands rested on the lap, fingers digging into my palms as she let the silence stretch like rubber.
• “If… you don’t have to say anything about the curse-”