Jao flung aside the door curtain and stormed into the stone house, his teeth clenched so hard his jaw trembled.
"Dora! Why did you eat the Devour-Flesh Fruit? Why did you harm our eagle chick?"
Dora started violently when she saw him. She took two steps back, her eyes darting away.
"I… I…"
For once, she could not find an excuse clever enough to cover her crime.
Toward Jao, she still carried a trace of guilt. Aside from Ilai, he had always treated her the best. He trusted her most. Of all her mates, he had been the one she favored most deeply.
"It was to stop the shaman from treating Nina," the male who had accused her earlier sneered.
Jao's fists tightened until the veins stood out on his forehead.
"You were willing to hurt our child... For something like that?"
His gaze swept over Dora's ruined, blistered face, now grotesquely swollen and torn.
"Heh. Looks like you've reaped what you sowed."
