"Let go?!" Maddison snarled, her voice laced with raw hatred as her eyes flashed gold, her wolf pressing close beneath the surface. "Do you fucking know how much I hate this woman?"
Maddison's grip tightened, yanking the woman's hair harder. Pain ripped through her scalp, dragging her out of unconsciousness. Through swollen, barely opened eyes, she saw Ashley, who was forced to her knees, held down without mercy. Her lips trembled, a broken sound escaping, but no words came; she had no strength left to speak.
"If not for this whore…" Maddison's voice rose, sharp and unhinged, "I would've lived the life that was meant to be mine. I wouldn't have grown up envying anyone!"
Her gaze snapped back to Ashley, blazing with a madness that felt ready to consume everything in its path.
