The Price of Defiance

Malachi let out a mocking laugh. "And why did Beatrix piss off the Thornes? Because of you, obviously. You're the root of all this. I don't care how it started or what happened. I only care about the end result."

In Malachi's mind, Aria was the reason everything had gone sideways.

So, to him, the easiest fix was to cut her out and end the problem at its source.

As far as he was concerned, that mad