A Desperate Bargain

Cora

I went silent. Vanessa reached for me, her fingers grazing my chin. “You must think you’re so powerful because things have been working in your favour for a long time, but you’re nothing. You can never be better than me. You are in no position to propose a deal.”

If there was one thing I could think of offering her that she would hardly refuse, it was Enzo. Her hatred for me stemmed from our