ra
nse, hurried exchange. I could feel the fear coming off the Adkins guards in waves a
e he lowered his head, his breath brushing my ear. "Rest while you can," he murmure
ms to the clumsy hold of a guard was jarring. I was carried to the Adk
ride back to the manor. They spoke of Alpha Travis, of the kneeling prince, of the wolfless
e manor-they placed me on my lumpy mattress. I didn't stir until
en, did I allow m
the morning's events. I had survived. I had turned a public humiliation into a
in. I immediately shut my
red. One light and gracefu
cooed, dripping with false sympathy
bo
ing in the torn dress, the mud, the dried blood, and the injuries that should have been hidden beneath th
nt that always made my stomach turn. It was the
ther," a second, younger voice said. Annab
began dabbing at my face, wiping away the grime. The ge
sounded sincere to anyone who didn't know her. "This is what happens when she doesn't listen.
aid, Irina. She had sent Agnes to bury me. Sh
r voice sharp with envy. "Catching the eye of Alpha Travis. The who
like that will chew her up and spit her out. Yo
k. I felt her fingers tra
my jaw. I kept my breathing slow and heavy, letting my
ebora call
snapped her fingers beside my face. When I still
s out
false tenderness disappeared from her voice when s
ool Agnes was supposed to handle
ation. "I don't know. Agnes hasn't retu
d to guard their words. Every sentence gave me another piec
he problem is this little bitch. She's tougher than she looks." She paused, her fingers br
d. "She's still the same ugly, wo
its familiar pretense of concern. "I'll go tell your father she's back. We'll have the Pack doctor ch
ized the w
as going to try again. R
on," Debora added as they walked to the
er of warmth from the original Clara's memories. Her
plunging the room
ut my vision was perfectly clear. There was
ached, a deep, cellular exhaustion from the poison. The Bligh
llow, thin, with dark circles under the eyes. Annabella was right. I was ugly. But
a chilling, predatory expression tha
would be ready-and I would make sure
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