ra
. He might not have known enough about herbs to identify Blightbane, but his Alpha senses had clea
, he hurled the bowl against the stone floor. It shat
composure completely gone. "Garret, I swear, I didn'
. He pointed a trembling finger at her. "Th
, her words tumbling over each other. "She was so shy, I th
ng my eyes lowered and my breathing uneven. I needed to look fr
on the bed. His jaw worked as if he were struggling to decide where to direc
voice shaking the small room. "Even if she encouraged you, where was your own d
d, his palm open,
ction flashed across Deb
t perfectly. I let my body go limp and tilted my head, not away from the blow, but into
struck the bedpost, the half-healed wound at the back of my skull split open
pillows, my eyes fluttering. "Father... please, don't..
d hand stopped, then slowly lowered. The fury on his fac
red at the blood. The satisfacti
momentum, checked by the sight of an inju
d, his voice rough with a str
er feet, eager to esc
Garret cut
ctor will examine the soup. We will get to the bottom of that. But f
nger narrowing into something colder and more deliberate. Whatever he thought of the soup, the public incident
quickly began giving her version of events, describing me as a shameless woman who had thro
ies, my heart beating a slow, steady
ode with rage as he usually would. Instead, he wa
low and serious. "What is the real
ormally accepted Debora's version of events without asking for hers. Thi
But Debora's word was no
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