ra
protest. The first light of dawn painted the sky in shades
scraping against my back. I was a nightmare made real. Caked in mud and blood, my dress in tatte
ide berth, their faces a mixture of fear and d
he street, its wheels sending a spray of muddy water from a pudd
d in fine, tailored clothes. He was handsome, in a polished,
nose dramatically. "Gods, is that the Adkins' di
once adored. She had given him every scrap of sincerity she possessed, on
but a profound,
ctic to get my attention? Playing the damsel in distress? S
r, drawn by the spectacle. Their whi
s the wolf
ything to get Prince
fear. I slowly lifted my head. My violet eyes, once filled with faw
ut it cut through the morning air. "I
had never spoken to him with
my spine a rod of defiance despite
eliberate and clear. "But now I se
gh the crowd. The Pack's most
he only thing he truly possessed, had been wounded.
the performance, I let my gaze drift past him, over the
d, snagging on a figure in the second-sto
glint of his eyes. They were the color of dark gold, like molten amber, and they
pure, primal alarm. It was the feeling of a mous
uldn't tell how much he had heard, but the steady focus of those golden e
he sun on the windowpane. His failure to see the powerful
ith fury. He gestured to his guards. "Get this lunatic o
ng? That high-end restaurant..." "Could the 'another' she mentioned be... someone important up
ed, their faces s
own without a fight. I prepared to use what lit
drifted down from the second floor. It was low, l
to
ler's guards. It was as if the single word had
es locking again with the s
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