Queen's Return Dumping the Ice King and His Mini-Tyrant novel Chapter 197

After that, Felicity told Dames to bring Altair over.

Altair had always been different–he was on the spectrum, and therapy sessions had become a regular part of his life. Today was a small miracle: for the first time, he’d agreed to step outside, to join the other kids and parents for an afternoon of fresh air and games.

But if something were to happen to him now–some accident or fright–it would be enough to send Altair straight back into his shell. He might never dare to leave his room again.

That kind of timid, withdrawn Altair posed no threat to Dames’s standing in the Vaughn family.

Felicity glanced down and saw Selene coaxing Altair up the hillside, careful and patient.

Without hesitation, Felicity’s hand closed around a stone lying within reach.

“Flick, what are you doing?” Dames blurted out, his voice tight with panic.

Selene looked up and caught the flash of malice in Felicity’s cold smile.

After Selene’s earlier stumble, how could Felicity resist finishing what she’d started? She raised the stone and hurled it straight at Selene’s head.

Selene reacted instantly, pulling Altair with her as they dodged away. Her eyes darted to a patch of level ground hidden below the slope, half–concealed by a thick tangle of shrubs. Without hesitating, she gathered Altair and leapt into the undergrowth.

A loud rustle split the air–branches snapping, leaves whispering–then, just as quickly, silence fell again.

Dames lurched forward, eyes wide, hands reaching for something–anything–to stop the unfolding disaster.

He watched in horror as Selene and Altair disappeared down the slope. The shock rooted him to the spot, his whole body trembling.

“Flick, why would you do that? You… you killed her!” Dames’s voice shook, lips quivering. A cold dread swallowed him whole. Felicity had told him this was just a prank, something to give Altair a little scare.

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