Chapter 44

••• Victoria’s POV ••• Evelyn shoved me forward as we neared the underground chamber, and due to the shackles, I fell forcefully to the ground, unable to manage my balance. “Once Elijah crushes Damien, I’ll make sure you beg for death.” Her every word dripped with malice. “And not only because of Elijah and my treatment toward you, but also from what your former pack members do to you. Remember what I said before? About how your former pack members will treat you as their sex slave?” Although my heart was pounding from Felix’s words that the former Palemane Claws Pack’s members didn’t believe in my leadership, how they were afraid I would sell them to Damien as slaves, as I had done indirectly to them when I married Elijah, and I was worried Evelyn’s threat would come true, I kept my face expressionless. “Yeah, you can keep on pretending to be calm,” she sneered and pulled me back up by my cuff like I was already a slave. “But just wait until it actually happens. I want to see how you