#Chapter 184: Scars

[Arthur’s POV] I haven’t been able to think straight since the morning. I don’t even know how I managed to make it through the day without snapping at someone. Thanks to my mother's excessive nosiness and relentless need to keep herself in power, I’ve been on edge and fighting off the worst thoughts that could possibly come to mind. Ella’s already been kidnapped once by my insane father. But Liam raised a good point by asking how dangerous Cecilia really was. Unfortunately, I didn’t know. I was never at the receiving end of the woman’s wrath. It never once occurred to me that she could be as daring and ruthless as Aaron—shit, maybe worse. The only bright side to all of it was that no one knew the truth about Ella and I being fated mates. If that were to get out, then there would be absolutely no dividing wall that would make them think twice. Bonding was serious business. Even someone like her, of her high standing in society, knew the troubles and severity that came with