As soon as the shock wore off, anger surged through Violet like fire.
"You!" Violet jabbed a finger at the girl. "She's Angus' daughter! She was sent to kill me."
Violet didn't just say it, she announced it.
Immediately, the cardinal alphas' posture went taut. Their eyes hardened like steel, and the temperature in the dungeon dropped with how lethal they suddenly felt.
If looks carried physical power, Hannah would've been six feet under already.
"What?" Hannah blanched. "No! I—"
But Violet let out a humorless chuckle. "Please. Do you think I don't know about the army of children Angus manufactured? What did you expect? That I'd welcome you with open arms just because we share DNA? So you can stab me in the back later? News flash, I saw that one coming before you even opened your mouth."
"No, no, you don't understand," Hannah said quickly, desperation bleeding into her voice. "I wasn't sent here to kill you. Sure, Ziva sent me to keep an eye on you—"
