ers filling out his black suit like he had been carved from stone.
, but a hard gray, like steel, or ice, or like someth
rost, the Alpha
ide my chest pulled like a tug or a string con
t unders
across his face for just a tiny, and almost unnoticeable
I knew he felt t
I didn't want to draw attention to my
gs. The bonding stone sat on a pedestal of black marble. It was smooth an
of it, and the st
ight I had to shield my eyes with my hands. The light filled the hall, washing ov
e light
rom the kitchen, other servants had been made to st
hout a doubt in Cresswood, and after Celeste and other servants had been rejec
stone. His mouth opened,
whisper. "This woman. Talia Ashford. she i
ilent, and I co
was the year Piper snuck me a book about the outside world, It was the year Celeste broke my favor
I did not remember leaving Cresswood,
onded to someone
se. None of th
r said so himself, that the bond wa
and a cold-eyed Alpha who looked at me
lder said again for all to hear. "Two years ago.
le. I have never met him. I have nev
ne was l
nne was arguing, and Edmund
his cannot be happening," she shrieked. "She is nobody. She is
m her, but her own face was pale with fury. Her ey
insisted. "There must be a mist
head. "The stone doe
floor, with his hands hanging limp at his sides
ost was still
s expression did not change. But I knew he
my head down, and I stayed in this pack for two reasons. To find out what happe
s bond, and i did not
as coming, I w
o stay stron
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