Chapter 22

"You must take responsibility for your actions, Miss Lancaster!" Melanie's agent repeated, but Bellatrix was finding it hard to understand what she had just said. Melanie's face was this way because of the Luméva mask? "That can't be possible," She shook her head, stepping forward despite how confused she was. "Luméva was tested on numerous people with different kinds of skins and the results were always good. It's impossible that the mask would have a negative effect on someone's skin–" "So what are you saying," Melanie's agent cut in, her voice cold and sharp, like the tip of a dagger. "That I'm lying? That Melanie is trying to frame you? Look at her, does someone so harmless look like she has a single bone in her body to lie?" As she spoke, Bellatrix glanced in Melanie's direction. She truly looked to be in a lot of pain, her face all swollen and red, as if she had just had a terrible allergic reaction. Her brows drew together and she swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat