Chapter 15 - A Sentence Without Blood
Leo did not touch her until she nodded.
Then he took her injured hand with surprising care and turned it palm up, studying the bruising.
“I will make sure Victoria never comes near this house again,” he said.
Beatrice looked at him sharply. “Don’t kill her.”
The words left her before she could stop them.
Leo’s gaze hardened. “She nearly killed my daughter.”
“I know.” Beatrice’s voice shook, but she held his eyes. “But Lily has already seen enough ghosts in this house. Don’t make another one for her.”
For a long moment, Leo said nothing. Then he released a slow breath.
“You ask difficult things.”
“I’m asking for Lily.”
His mouth tightened. “Then for Lily, Victoria leaves Chicago alive.”
Beatrice closed her eyes.
“But,” Leo added, and his voice turned cold enough to frost the room, “she leaves with nothing. Her father will know what she did. Her allies will know what she tried to buy. Every door that opened for her because of her name will close. She will live. She will simply live without power.”
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Beatrice nodded.
That was not mercy exactly. But it was something Lily could survive.
