Chapter 9

Aubrey 9

Stupid handsome man.

I walked down the hall, still trying to familiarise myself with the whole palace that was bigger than I thought, when a sound came from a room at the edge of the hall.

The noises were loud, it almost sounded like an argument.

The first thought that came into my head was to check, but I dismissed it, not wanting my curiosity to land me in a difficult situation, but my legs dragged me closer, just close enough to where I could hear a little of what was going on.

"You have never cared about any of us! Why don't you crawl back into the hole you came out from, mother?"

Connor… that was Connor's voice.

Now I had every reason to turn away and continue down the hall, but the tone of his voice had me frozen in my steps.

His mother?

My mother used to work for her and the stories she used to tell me about her…

A shiver ran through my spine. She was the devil, so I heard.

She fired people and made sure to destroy them if they stood up against her.

But I had no idea