Empty Threats

Freya was thick-skinned enough to say in a joking manner, “Oh, I was just joking.”

“Really? Well, I don't want to talk to you anymore.” Cora got up from her seat and said calmly, “Tell Ms. Rowena to find someone else. I can't help her.”

Gideon might've laid several traps in wait for her and didn't promise her anything besides the five hundred thousand he got from Phoebe, but she felt he was far mo