ra
looking at Debora. I let my expression fill with the t
ling. "I... I did not throw myself at
ected immediately. "The enti
ld it silenced her instantly
. he was being cruel. He was insulting me in the street. I told him m
t know why Alpha Travis was there. I don't know why he said what he did. Maybe... maybe he
circumstance and Kane as the unpredictable, powerful Alpha he was known
o our name. It is my fault. I will accept any punishment you see fit. I only ask
olitical sense all in one breath. I had handed him ba
e gears turning in his head. My story was logical. More importantly, it o
ire dominion," he said, his voice hard. "From this moment on, you are confined to your quarters. You will not step
ion in her shoulders eased, and she cast a brief glance around my isolated room before falling silent. Whatever
submission. "Yes, F
as a gift. It was a sanctuary
m. Debora shot me a look of pure hatred before f
the bed vanished. I sat up straight, my back rigid, my face
f stage blood, I had bought myself the m
bed, closed my eyes, and turned my focus inward. I need
me deeper sense. It was a dark, viscous sludge clinging to my veins, my organs, a suffocating web of blackness. This was the Blightbane. It was more than j
d its nature, I felt a strange, gentle pull fro
iousness follow it, sin
ed. The feeling of m
as standing s
d moonlight, though there was no moon in the sky above. Beside the pool grew a handful of str
nar Locket was practicall
he heart of the Lunar Locket Clara's mother had left her. It was not an ordinary jewel, but
locked room. I was
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