#Chapter 96 - Poison

Tonight was the Crescent Moon Annual Dinner event...and my anxiety was clearly on the rise. ‘Get it together, Mia,’ I thought briskly to myself. ‘It’s just one evening, nothing you can’t handle.’ My brother was awake and on the mend and I had been taking an excessive amount of honey supplements for the past few days, per Chris’ instruction. There was so much to be happy and thankful for but I couldn't shake the worry that came from potentially facing Edward again. According to James, it was very likely that his menacing uncle was set to make an unwanted appearance. Just the thought of seeing Edward put me on edge. It wasn’t fear that coursed through me but rather anger. Hatred. There was a strange feeling that spiraled through me, one that I never experienced before. Vengeance. I wanted to make Edward Derek hurt the way he’d consistently hurt my family. I wanted to make the man suffer for all the pain and destruction he’d persistently spread like some kind of inhuman pl