"Fine then". Zeitan said, bending until her breath ghosted against Peizhi's ear, a whisper meant to sear. "I just want you to know. I'll take everything from you. Everything you've ever owned. Every scrap of position, every drop of admiration. I won't stop until it's mine."
Her nails grazed Peizhi's shoulder, a mockery of a caress. "What my mother never got from this family because of yours… I'll claim it for her. All of it."
Peizhi's fingers tightened around the last stone in her palm.
She had expected this.
"I was expecting that, actually" .Peizhi replied, her voice eerily calm. "But I didn't expect that as the daughter of a homewrecker, you would have so much confidence".
She finally turned her head, meeting Zeitan's gaze with eyes like polished jade, cold and unyielding. "Your mother got what she deserved from this family. Nothing."
