She wiped angrily at her tears.
He was wrong about one thing.
She couldn't stay away from Delilah.
He couldn't keep her from seeing her own daughter.
The secret throbbed in her chest, one she had protected through blood and silence and dead bodies. A secret only she knew. A secret she would take to the grave.
Her knees weakened, just for a second. She pressed her palm to the stone wall.
She turned toward her car, fury replacing grief with frightening speed. She swore under her breath.
Sera.
Vivienne's mouth curved humorlessly as she slid into the driver's seat. The engine purred to life beneath her touch.
She would get rid of Sera.
Even if it was the last thing she ever did.
Damn the alpha's protection. Accidents happened every day.
Her face would be the last thing Sera ever saw.
Just like her mother Ingrid.
Just like her adopted mother Brianna.
The goddess could judge her later.
*******.
When Sera woke up the next morning, the humiliation hadn't subsided.
