Chapter 409

• Third Person's POV
• Trista looked at the three of them—grinning like they'd just won the lottery—and didn't blink. Her voice was steady but sharp as a razor. "I'm not a piece of property she can just 'deal with.' What makes her think she has that kind of leverage over me?"
• "You really don't know when to shut up, do you?" Madison stepped closer, emboldened by her new backup. "Soon enough, this entire city is going to treat you like a leper. You won't have a single place left to hide."