[Meredith].
I didn't think my words had been sharp enough to drive Wanda that far.
To make her lose her composure so completely that she would actually try to strike me in the middle of the Oatrun estate, of all places, where anyone could have stepped out and seen her.
Though I would have never let her hand connect to my face. Not because I was afraid, but because if I wanted to, I could have let her slap me and then watched her destroy herself before every high-ranking wolf in Stormveil.
But I wasn't in the mood for that kind of attention.
Still, if Oscar hadn't shown up, I could have easily freed myself from her grip and reminded her what kind of woman she was dealing with; the type of woman she thought she knew, but didn't.
I exhaled softly, my footsteps echoing against the marble as I reached the far end of the hallway, thinking that Oscar's timely arrival had been… convenient.
