Evangeline watched the change happen almost instantly.
The nervous glint in Cerdery's eyes vanished, swallowed whole by something far colder. What replaced it was a stare so sharp it felt lethal, a deathly glare that made the air between them tighten. In that moment, Cerdery understood, Evangeline hadn't merely questioned her out of confusion, she was testing her. Pressed, prodded, and deliberately led her toward revealing more than she intended about Mister Morningstar… about a man who might be bound to Hades by blood.
And the instant that realization struck, fear twisted into anger.
The rage came fast and vicious, like a startled cat baring its claws without thought or restraint.
Evangeline felt it before she fully understood it.
