Olivia had always hated dealing with smart people. They noticed the tiny details everyone else overlooked. They asked the tough questions she could never answer without slipping up.
They uncovered the secrets she had worked so damn hard to bury deep where no one could find them. That was one of the biggest reasons she had disliked Seraphine from the very beginning.
Seraphine wasn't easy to fool at all. She saw straight through people way too quickly, cutting right to the heart of things. Even now, Olivia knew this entire nightmare had kicked off because she had stubbornly insisted that Voren marry Athaliah.
If she had simply stayed quiet, if she hadn't tried so hard to control every part of his life, none of this would have exploded the way it did.
Her own greed had ripped open every single lie she had spent decades protecting so carefully. Now there was no escaping the brutal consequences that were coming for her.
