Chapter 22: The Lamentation

Warning: sensitive scene. Please skip this chapter or proceed with precaution for readers sensitive to the mental-provocative scene.

Giselda squeezed her hands together. She liked Viona already and didn't want Viona's impression of her to become negative. However, eventually, Viona would know that Zealous would be Giselda's mate. 

"Can you promise me you won't be mad at me?" Viona gulped and kept squeezing her hands. 

Viona stared at Giselda and then sighed. "You remind me of Sophia …. She would ask me not to get mad at her when she did something wrong." Her face turned gloomy instantly until Giselda felt guilty and sad. 

"Aunty … I'm so sorry …."

"For what?"