ne
graze my skin, a sharp, metall
guards, stepped between us. The gaslight caug
s skidding on the stone. His goldesmissed her," Fiona warned,
on her carved wooden throne. Her
na said slowly. "I will not sever it simply because of jealousy. You
way to the front, her c
female! Three years, and she has failed to produce an Alpha heir for
ciety, a Luna's inability to
smug face. My inner
d and clear, "because for three years, the Obsidian Pack
e fell over
essed a wolf's ability to shift and destroyed a female's f
" Xander shouted, hi
finger toward the crowd of se
manor, was pushed to the front. She was sh
"Tell her what Elder Xenia ordered you
to Elder Xenia. Xenia's eyes narrowed int
tself, her forehead hitting
, her voice breaking. "The Elder only told me to brew a st
d in my stomach. Fear
a loud sob. "She is trying to frame our Elders, X
oked at Fiona's silver sword
ing his voice to sound reasonable. "Let me take her back to the manor. I will comprom
ecting me to be grat
torn cloak. My fingers brushed again
your compromise
edgers. Three years of continuous, secret purchases of high-grade
took the ledgers from my hand, and
er eyes scanned the ink. The scent of ozon
nder. "Did you know o
at them, to question his mother's household accounts. He had chosen to close the book and tell me I was being paranoid, that his mother would never harm me. He had buried the suspicion deep, convincing himself that it was easier to
stood up. "Call the Royal Healer for the girl. This Rejecti
ver burn on my back flared with fresh agony, and my visi
the clamor from the courtyard was instantly severed. A spine-chilli
dust of plaster from the top of the archway, and the air filled instantly with the scent of
dgers from me?!" he demand
in his eyes-the flicker of recognition. He knew. Some pa
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