Chapter 68

Lorelei That look on Luna Judy's face—desperate and entitled—sent a thrill of satisfaction through me. The remorse and regret radiating from everyone in that hospital room was palpable, wrapping around them like invisible chains. Their suffering brought me a dark comfort I never thought I'd enjoy. "Do you want it?" I asked in a low, suggestive voice, dangling the wolf fang pendant between my fingers. The ancient runes caught the fluorescent hospital lights, casting tiny shadows across my palm. Luna Judy's eyes fixed on the pendant with naked desire. Still, her pride wouldn't let her surrender completely. She wrinkled her nose, forcing a scornful laugh. "Who would want that worthless trinket?" she sneered, her voice brittle with false disdain. "If you weren't my daughter, I wouldn't have accepted it in the first place." I nodded slowly, savoring the moment. "I understand. Never mind then." With an exaggerated sigh of disappointment, I turned toward the door, my footsteps deliberately sl