Chapter 79 - Torn between guilt and satisfaction.

Mica

I couldn’t relax. I couldn’t enjoy this special evening because of Crystal. I stuck a fake smile on my face and spoke to our guests, hoping that none of them would notice the tension, but I kept looking around for Crystal. I didn’t want her to be there.

I didn’t want her to share in our joy, which I wasn’t feeling, because I was so damn angry at her. What was a slight resentment, had turned into full-blown hatred. She wasn’t going to change her ways, and I was done giving her rope.

“Babe, you can relax. I had her locked in the cellar.” Luca slipped his arm around my waist and joined me halfway through the night. I smiled and mouthed a thank you. You would think that his words would help me to relax, but all I could think about was that Crystal would find a way to escape.

Which she did almost at the very end of the evening. I watched as she made her way through the crowd, trying her best to grab the attention. She even spoke to the alpha of the pack we invited as though he was her