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Raven took a step forward, ready to push Lisa, but a painful moan from inside the room stopped her.

Her eyes, glowing red, locked onto the door.

She knew Aidan wasn’t there. All she wanted was to talk to Isabella—one last honest conversation between them.

Even though they all supported Aidan’s new love, they weren’t heartless bastards.

Raven wanted to explain things to Bella, to hear the words from her lips… but it seemed the sorceress was worse than she thought.

The air reeked of death.

"You can see I’m not lying, Your Majesty. My sister is in a lot of pain, she… she’s fighting to stay alive while…" Lisa cut herself off just in time.

Her hands clenched as anger churned inside her.

While her sister was dying, Aidan was probably off chasing that outsider.

She had pulled it all from Isabella’s fragmented mind.

That woman was Theo’s mate, and Bella knew it very well.

She even thought about helping them.

"Listen to me closely, sorceress princess," Raven’s voice suddenly snapped h