Laced Intentions

Then there was Lydia, who couldn't be relied on at all. If she hadn't been indulging Cassia, there was no way Cassia would have dared go this far.

But today, Rita was here to play mediator. Naturally, she couldn't speak badly about the child's own mother in front of her.

"Thalia," she said gently, "your mother's had a hard life too. She lost her uterus at a young age, so it's understandable she ha