Chapter 571

The maid barely got through half her eager flattery before it broke into a sharp scream.

Cleo forced her eyes open, the dim glow of a wall sconce blurring at the edges of her vision. Through the haze, she saw Evander drive his boot hard into the girl's midsection.

"You useless fool!" he snapped. "Who told you to neglect her like this?"

The maid collapsed onto the floor, curled in on herself, her f