"What?" Calista said as she began choking on the air around her. She had not expected that from him; had she not done a clean job? She had thought that she was doing a good job where she would get what she wanted at the end and nobody would dare suspect her. Elowen had suggested this idea to her before, and now it seemed like there was no more option for her; all she could do was use Varian to get the money.
With the rumours surrounding her daughter going around, it would be way easier than she thought for the news about her marriage with Varian to gain traction. She did not want to release the news anyway; all she needed was money and this was her way of getting. She could not go straight to Varian to ask for it, and she was sure that Ellen would not give it to her,, especially with the
