Chapter 90

Beth could see now with dispassionate eyes that she, too, had changed, more than she realized. Of course Beth was nothing like the weak, manipulable, gullible woman she had been in her first life, and of course she still had her doubts about Anna's miraculous change of heart over the last year.

But it wasn't just vengeance and bitterness that stopped her from leaping to Anna's aid when Noah left that horrid wound on her leg. It was cold logic, the calm reasoning that told her if she interfered now, it would only be to Anna's detriment later no matter how one sliced it.

So holding back and leaving her sister to her own devices was for Anna's benefit, not just a result of Beth's lingering hatred.

Or maybe there was both mixed in. But either way, the fight was decided and there was only one victor, Annalise. Now was Beth's moment to back her up and solidify her sister's authority over Noah's share of the troops, and then after that, they could get down to the real business since Noah w