Chapter 177 – Auction [6]
It was only three minutes. Yet to Veronica, it felt like far more than that.
Her head had been cracked multiple times, leaving her bones shattered and her skull caved in. The ground beneath her was now a mess of blood, vomit, tears, broken teeth and dozens of cleanly cut lips.
Her own lips.
Cut with sadistic care by Anesthesia and regenerated by Sophia's blood, while Isolde robbed her of the right to even scream and let the gods hear her agony.
Veronica had always known the subtle cruelty of Sophia Amaris after working in her house for so long. She had always known this was a woman who would not shy away from wiping out a whole bloodline if the risk was low enough and the benefits worth it.
But knowing something and understanding it by living through it were entirely different matters.
Now, Veronica understood that Sophia was not simply merciless and cruel.
