Micheline's heart fell into her stomach when she heard Ashlynn calmly explain that she'd summoned a storm that battered two baronies before setting out to kill her own sister.
From the look on Jocelynn's face, this wasn't a surprise to her. Clearly, a great deal had been shared between the two sisters to cook and share a meal together as lovingly as they had. But when Ashlynn spoke, there was a rawness to her voice that suggested a great deal of pain still lurked beneath the surface.
And all of this because Jocelynn had designs on Ashlynn's husband?
Micheline made herself pick up the goblet of wine sitting near her elbow and drink from it, because her hands wanted something to do and because it gave her somewhere to look that was not her cousin's face.
Micheline couldn't blame Ashlynn for wanting to kill her own sister. Not after everything that had happened because her secret had been exposed.
