Ace's jaw dropped. "Wait—you were actually holding a grudge over something that petty?" He stared at her in disbelief. Even Ava hadn't held it against him for rejecting her, but her mother? Now that was crazy.
Delores sighed, shaking her head in warning. "She loves her daughter too much, Ace. Just be careful—if you mess with Ava any further, it'll come back to bite you in the ass."
Ace scoffed, throwing his hands up. "Mess with her? Ava's the one entangling with me, not the other way around! Now I'm supposed to play nice with her just because her mother might come after me? That's completely unreasonable!"
Yet, judging by the look on Matthews' face, Ace realized that "reasonable" had never been part of the equation when it came to Ava. Taking a cautious step back, he quickly added, "She's leaving for witch training soon, right? So, I don't think we'll be crossing paths ever again."
