Viola, who had been crouching beside Angela only a moment ago, suddenly cried out and threw herself off the stairs, making it seem as though Angela had pushed her. Angela was still clutching the hem of Viola's dress, her hand outstretched at the very instant Viola fell, a perfectly framed scene that the Alpha came down just in time to witness.
Viola tumbled, scraping her knees and elbows on the sharp edges of the steps until she fell the rest of the way from the stair landing to the floor. However, unlike Angela, she sustained more bruises and cried out in genuine pain, a sound that immediately made Sebastian's heart tighten, and in an instant, he was racing down the stairs to reach her.
"Viola!" he called as he went down two steps at a time, reaching her side in the blink of an eye.
Angela's eyes rounded in disbelief; she was more than certain she hadn't pushed the bitch and had only held her dress, but Viola's fall made it appear otherwise, and the Alpha had witnessed it.
