Not Worth the Effort

Sylvia’s screeching echoed off the marble floor. Serena didn’t flinch. Her expression remained blank, her voice dripping with a suffocating boredom that made the older woman’s hysterics seem pathetic. With a lazy, dismissive flick of her wrist, Serena waved Sylvia off as if swatting away a gnat.

Her dark, unyielding gaze locked onto Declan. She tilted her head, mercilessly scrutinizing his redde