en
of her aged agarwood still clung to my senses. My Inner Wolf was pacing, agitated by her demands for
iar comfort of dark rum and cedar. Instead, a rep
the imagination. She smiled, a trembling, desperate attempt at seduction. "My Lord," she purre
ringly obvious now. The woman from that night had taste
up," I
to her feet,
ha's Command bleed into my
nds reached for the silk straps, letting the gown pool at her feet. I stepped closer, my golden e
Unblem
ushing puncture my canines had left in th
age ripped through me
my voice dropping to a
, plea
tear your throat
terror, snatching her gow
hite as I gripped the crystal. The fake was
ed up the frantic patter of footsteps in the corrido
ned?" Elsie
"She got herself transferred to the Dowager Luna's parlor this afternoon. She's playing th
ian
attered, amber liquid s
the floors, reeking of harsh lye soap and wet ash. The one who had buttoned my shirt, trembling like a leaf. When I
the mud. She had masked her scent
a low, vibrating gro
I prowled the grounds, my instincts dragging me toward the edge of the
le. White peach and jasmine. It was a siren song, pulling me
door. The cheap wood splint
eyes wide with absolute terror. She scrambled backward in the large woo
asn't fas
t there, on her delicate collarbone, were th
rimal sound that shook the v
hoked out, shrinking aga
the Dowager's rules. I grabbed her wet, trembling chin, forcing her to look at me. Her eyes wer
my lips
t of pure, agonizing pleasure that stole the breath from my lungs. She whimpered, her small h
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