It was bad enough that Stella and Ivy got along so well.
Now they were even sleeping in the same room every night.
Amos had been complaining to Evan constantly because of it.
But what could Evan do?
He knew Stella was using Ivy to avoid him.
He could hardly storm into Ivy’s room and drag her out.
By now, even the way Amos looked at Stella carried a hint of resentment.
“You didn’t get her out?” Stella asked.
“Remi and Seymour were badly injured,” Evan replied.
Stella’s heart tightened.
The two of them had stayed by her side throughout her month in Sevi Valley.
Hearing that they were now seriously hurt left her deeply unsettled.
Things between her, Aaron, and Felix had spiraled far beyond ordinary conflict.
She had shown no mercy to Felix’s people.
And Felix had treated hers the same way.
She knew they had completely turned against one another.
Still, hearing that the people who had protected her were now injured made her feel terrible.
“Stella, things are complicated now,” Amos said. “Aaron has demanded that you…”
“Amos.”
Evan cut him off coldly.
But Amos had already said enough.
Stella looked at him.
“He wants to trade me for Yara?”
Amos instinctively started to nod, but Evan’s sharp gaze stopped him.
His tense silence was answer enough.
Stella gave a cold laugh.
“This is getting harder and harder to understand.”
Aaron had prepared an extravagant wedding for Yara.
And now he was offering to exchange her for Stella?
None of it made sense.
Being entangled with people like them was exhausting.
Being born into that family was even worse.
“Don’t overthink it,” Evan said.
“You’re not going to trade me for your sister?”
The sarcasm in Stella’s voice was unmistakable.
In Evan’s eyes, his family had always come before her.
Back in Harbor City, no matter what the Wright family did to Stella, she had always been expected to tolerate it and move on.
Would this time be any different?
But her next words were serious.
“The fact that Aaron is willing to make that offer means Yara is nothing more than a bargaining chip to him.”
“If she stays there, he could sacrifice her at any moment. She’s in danger.”
Stella was right.
If Aaron could offer Yara up so easily, then she clearly did not matter much to him.
Now the only question was what Evan would choose.

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