Chapter44: The Invite

Chapter 44: The Invite SOPHIA I winced partially from genuine pain and the rest for dramatic effect to sell it even more, so that Silvia would hate Lumina more, making it easier to get rid of her faster. "To be very honest with you, it was frightening when it happened to me. I've never experienced anything like that before. The hatred in her eyes..." I trailed off, my voice wobbly a bit as Silvia picked up from where I had dropped off. "I can only imagine the horror that you went through. Tell me, Sophia, do you feel safe at all? With her living so close, knowing she's capable of such violence and that she can still snap and decide to commit more atrocities?" It was a loaded question, and we both knew it. There was no hiding it now. She was giving me an opening to raise complaints about Lumina's stability, her fitness as a mother and mate. "I try not to think about it. For Riley's sake, I have to believe that was a once and done incident ." "But you don't believe that, do you?" She ask