Book 3: Chapter 13: Young Mistresses of the Hu Clan

Shui was considering murder.

Open in daylight, brutal, slow, agonizing, and everything else she could think of at the moment. Closing her eyes and tearing her sight from the object of her wrath was the only way to prevent its annihilation. Except she still heard the old man trembling before her. The baker next to him equally as terrified making the plates in his hand clatter and clank unintentionally.

Hu Shui let out a long breath and let the anger fade.

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