CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND TEN – WHY DID YOU DO IT?

Moistening her lips, Kayla lifted her gaze to meet Eleanor's glittering stare levelly. "You wanted this, didn't you? To see me brought to my knees, all grand illusions and pretenses stripped away until just my bare, pitiful essence remained?" A flicker of satisfaction warped the other woman's perfect mouth into a mocking smile. "Now she's catching on...the great Kayla Danvers, face to face with the inescapable truths plaguing her very existence." Eleanor leaned in conspiratorially, serpentine grace blending with seething menace. "Yes, this moment of raw contrition and enlightenment is everything I've plotted towards, schemed for, ever since that first gutting betrayal in our academic "I never meant to compromise your future...to take everythin--" Kayla's murmured atonement was sliced off by a sudden, violent motion - Eleanor's palm cracking across her cheek with stunning force. She recoiled, cupping the throbbing sting, shock and outrage ricocheting through her mind. "Save your ho