Sometime earlier, before Gavriel had even stepped inside the mansion…
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The woman in the red gown headed straight up the grand staircase after asking Winston, in a roundabout way, where her room was located.
She had never set foot inside this mansion in her life. Because of that, she needed to be incredibly clever with her every move to avoid tripping over small details.
She knew all too well that Gavriel was not a man who could be easily fooled. One wrong move and everything would go downhill fast, so she had to play her cards carefully.
Of course, it had only been around two hours since the incident in the bathroom at the Vanderbilt Estate, and only she knew how much she had been walking on eggshells ever since.
After all, it had not been an easy task to teleport the real Aliana's unconscious body out of there.
Time had been of the essence, forcing her to move quickly and take Aliana's appearance by licking her blood before anyone could discover what had happened.
