Chapter 45

Deidre

After ensuring Kira was fine; passed out and sleeping but in no danger of throwing up again, I had gone to see my husband.

I had braced for it. Knew that he wouldn’t be pleased with what I had done. How I had spoken to Mistra.

In fact, he was enraged. It was the first time I had seen him this angry at me in a very, very long time.

He had told Mark to leave. Dismissed everybody in the adjacent offices so that they wouldn’t hear his howling rage as he tore into me.

I took it. I knew I had to. Knew that I had no right to kick out the widow of his late Beta. My temper had gotten the better of me. I had withstood her for years… but Mistra has pushed me one time too many. She had little to no responsibility and all the privilege in the world. And what did she do with that privilege? Rolled around in the dirt all day? Couldn’t even make time to bathe? I could see his frustration mounting before me as I pleaded my case, shaking as I fought for my own control.

“She almost let it slip!