Renata POV
The room started to heat and it only got hotter the closer the Duchess stepped towards me.
The pure rage in her eyes made me whimper. Death tonight inevitable. My lioness screamed to shift but I held out.
The Duchess raised her hand and before I could coil away a hard slap stung my face. My back collided with the wall, head hitting the door frame, the Duchess's hand latched onto my throat. A cold hand squeezed and the air that I tried to get for was cut off.
My lungs started to burn.
My eyes started to bulge and my headed swam as it yearned oxygen that was being so horribly deprived. My fight instinct kicked in and I dug my fingers into her arm but she was too strong. My Lioness roared and my claw pierced the Duchess skin.
"You little bitch." Lissandra spat on my face
