Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 928

All their hopes were pinned on finding Susanna, on presenting a united front.

Only by weathering this external storm could they deal with their internal squabbles.

"What's the matter?" Finch sneered, his anger making him reckless. "Did you finally learn how to sweet-talk a woman? Did that bitch Yvonne stop hitting your accounts? Or better yet, is she going to give back everything she stole?"

The words had barely left his mouth when something silver flashed through the air. Finch howled, clapping a hand to his face as searing pain exploded across his cheek. A sharp combat knife clattered to the floor by his feet.

The atmosphere in the study became instantly charged, thick with unspoken violence.

Adelle rushed to Finch's side. He was groaning, and when he lowered his hand, it was covered in blood. Adelle gasped. A long, deep gash ran from the corner of his mouth nearly to his cheekbone.

"Dan, what are you doing?" she shrieked. "He's your brother!"

Dan's eyes were glacial as he looked at Finch. "Insult her again," his voice was deadly calm, "and I'll do a lot more than leave a scar."

Her? The woman who had been systematically dismantling Black Gate?

Finch's breath came in ragged gasps. He tried to speak, but the movement sent fresh agony through his cheek, as if the wound was tearing open.

Seeing Finch in too much pain to even speak, Adelle's rage boiled over. "Her? You mean Yvonne? Dan, have you forgotten? She's the one who has been bleeding us dry!" She turned back to Finch, her voice lacing with concern. "How is it?"

The wound was a bloody mess, terrifying to look at. It would definitely leave a permanent scar. Adelle was practically vibrating with fury. "I'll take you to the infirmary."

"It was just a pretext, like we thought!" Adelle said, her voice heavy with dread.

The realization was terrifying. Susanna being a pretext was one thing, but this level of calculated deception was something else entirely.

"That little bitch," Ivanna seethed. "After all the trouble she's caused us, what does she want? Has she been completely brainwashed by that man? We're her family, for God's sake!"

The words "her family" made Adelle flinch, but she had to admit Ivanna had a point. Everyone in this room was Susanna's blood relative.

"Helping outsiders attack us like this... Leanne and I should have killed her when we had the chance!" Ivanna spat, her voice filled with venom.