Going Back To Where It Started

Elodie’s P.O.V

I replayed the conversation between Mae and Axel in the courtyard to Ezra who listened attentively before a scoff left his mouth.

“She is despicable”

“The two of them are. While Axel's own stem from a misunderstanding and sudden hate, Mae's own is what I can’t understand” I responded, my eyes meeting his while he heaved an exasperated sigh.

“However, the bright side is that we now have the upper hand here”

When Mae fired everyone in the house and replaced them with the people that she had hired, I didn’t think much about it and didn’t suspect more foul things about it. However, ever since Ezra recovered and began digging into Mae’s relationship with Darius, it turned out that the new employees were in one way related to Darius.

People that he once threatened.

People that he once helped.

People that lived under his mercy.

People who owed him.

So, Ezra used that information by meeting secretly with the head servant, promising to pay the debt owed to Darius