el
e layers of the night and shadow. For a heartbeat, I felt expos
k receded, and the mask of the fra
" I murmured, my voice a soft, trembling whisper. It wa
the bench. There she was-right where April's cruelty had lef
oth, like stones rolling in a deep river. I
my ribs. How long had he b
rry into my tone. "She felt faint. I brought her
se, full of holes, b
slow, deliberate nod, his amber eyes return
ng in the air be
ipped. He s
lpha." I kept my eyes downcast, lett
the only sound in the silent garden. That limp was his greatest disguise, a cloa
one b
m, "with a passed-out attendant in a secluded corner of th
was toying with me. I
was true enough to be believable but far enoug
ering on my lower lashes, my lower lip trembling just
pril... she wants Alpha Brody's attention s
d have seen a hundred times in the royal court. I deliberately left Hamilto
of something in his eyes. He knew his brothers. He knew their
hint of something-was i
April's attendant. They argued, and... and this happened." I gestured t
But I didn't need him to believe it. I only neede
My entire future hinged on his next move. If he to
stirred, letting
er side, kneeling on the cool grass and ge
o shift his attention. I felt his gaze on m
ing in my scent, which was always faint, not the cloying sweetness of
anomaly.
embered with a jolt, loved
ose me, not yet. He would watch. He would wait. And he
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