"I would never!" The words instinctively spilled out of my lips.
I turned and glared harshly at Violet, my lower eyelid twitching when I caught a slight smirk hanging off her lips. The moment it came, it was gone. She was quick in making sure no one else noticed her smug grin.
Turning to look at Cassian, I continued, "If I wanted her dead, why would I go through all that trouble to bring her back?"
"To curry favor in the eyes of the Alphas, of course!" Violet said without hesitation. "Willow's disappearance is because of you, and everyone knows it! You probably merely wished to clear your name of that crime and pin her death on someone else instead!"
She snorted, folding her arms across her chest. "After all, isn't it a convenient excuse? You keep saying that you would never harm Willow simply because you went through all that effort of bringing her back. That excuse is rather overused, don't you think?"
