Chapter 25

• She deliberately let silence hang in the air, and in that moment, he rifled through his thoughts to piece together anything unusual. Dahlia had mentioned that Lillibeth had dropped her back home, but as his memory served him, they had hardly spoken during that time, especially since she had been drunk.
• "I have marked your little princess of hell," Lillibeth declared, holding her hands up in a defensive gesture. "Before you do anything drastic, let me clarify—she was practically begging for it, alright? Maybe it was just the heat of the moment. Besides, Uncle Lucio would never have approved, so it's not like you ever had a chance with her anyway."
• Rage surged through Xavier, flooding his vision with a crimson hue. He was on the verge of attacking Lillibeth but managed to restrain himself, realizing that such an outburst would only cause a scene, and they were still at the gas station.