Chapter 19 Off Limits

~VALERIE’S POV~

"Leave."

Donovan’s single, commanding word sliced through the heavy air of the dining room. It was cold. It was final. It offered no room for negotiation or debate.

I stood frozen for a fraction of a second, my heart hammering against my ribs. I refused to look at Genevieve. I could feel her smug satisfaction radiating across the table, her injured pride soothing itself at the