VERA
"You failed!" My mother was livid, her voice tearing through the air like a whip.
"After everything I have done to get you here, to carve your future. After every sacrifice I made, every enemy I silenced, you let your father's bastard snatch it from right under your nose!" She wasn't having it. I felt my guts twist and turn. The disappointment in her voice was unmistakable.
I wasn't sure what I was feeling at the moment. The anger and disgrace from my wedding night started to surface. I had done everything perfectly, obeyed, and followed through with my mother's plans.
"You stood there and watched as she mated them!" She pointed a finger at me.
"I tried—" I opened my mouth to say something, but she cut me off with a glare, and if looks could kill, I would have dropped dead in that instant.
"You're not fully mated to the triplets, so our efforts, my efforts, are as good as futile, and I'm disappointed in you." She said, turning away from me.
