Hollow Victory

He glanced at me and uttered in a low voice, “Girl, now that you are the legitimate daughter of the Thorne family, you should call me uncle!”

I was stunned and said, “Uncle Conrad.”

He looked at me with an unpredictable gaze. “Girl, I know you still hold a grudge against Mira. But Roland had specially prepared this banquet for you today. You shouldn't ruin it!”

I held onto the tall glass in my han