"I told you to stay away from him," Victoria leaned against the open door frame, inspecting her nails nonchalantly, "now you've gone ahead and caught the general's attention."
The sudden intrusion had my guard up instantly, dagger drawn as I turned to put myself between Victoria and Izzy.
"What do you want?" Though I tried my best to control my emotions, the words still came out aggressive alongside my stance.
She chuckled, raising her hands in an innocent and defensive manner.
"Calm down killer," she tutted whilst rolling her eyes, "I come in peace."
"Like the last time?" I had been lucky enough to avoid her all these months, trying to avoid attention and taking the high road. At the end of the day, I had no intentions of approaching Noah before, but now I had an inkling of who he was…
Who was I kidding I did not deserve the man.
