"YOU'RE lucky I can't kill you yet," Neoma said. Unfortunately, unless the curse was completely broken, she had to keep Calyx Dalton alive. "But from this moment, I will make your life a living hell, you damned fake who doesn't have a personality other than being obsessed with MY twin brother."
Calyx's face hardened at her taunting. "Where's Nero?"
"Don't worry, I'll return Nero safe and sound," she said coldly. "I have no use for a brother who thinks of a bastard like you as family."
[I'm sorry, Nero.]
Her chest squeezed painfully while saying those hurtful things about her baby brother.
Of course, she didn't mean any of it.
[But I can't let Calyx get suspicious of Nero. We can't undo the curse on Nero yet, so I can't take him with me because it will only make things complicated. Moreover, he's still the Crown Prince. The crows will definitely seize the throne if Nero disappears.]
