a P
r an hour. The urn in my lap. The Atl
my lips to the cool wood. The wolf in me whined, low and wounded, curling around th
d sand from my
ouse foyer. No key. Eleanor had seen to th
ng caught every wo
ia, bright with glee. "No pedigree, no career. Sh
ut that's over. Caroline is the right match. Yale.
o flatter me. But I do feel for Cora. She tries so hard.
Eleanor cooed. "You're
m laughed. Warm.
on of a death I'd pronounced hours ago.
sed th
door. Her smile d
into the living
a flash of deep blue. A sapphire. Teardrop cut. Silver chain. A
er's ne
and auction houses. The one that surfaced at a charity gala weeks ago. The first and only time in three years I'd t
r rece
the woman who'd knocked my pare
nt. The terrible, focuse
ister that made Caroline's own dormant wolf
, this? Vance gave it to me. A little
apphire. The only thing she left in this world. I t
nce. Teardrop sapphires are common. You're being para
let her
roline's neck and yanked. The silver snapped with a clean ping. Caroline sh
a lunged. "Yo
r brother had no right to give it away, and you had no right to wear it." I looked at Carol
ay, tie still sandy, jaw working. He took in the scene. Me, rigid
ears springing instantly. "I told her you
said was 'done.' And you draped it on her." I didn't raise my voice.
a chunk of old glass. I'll buy you a better one. Cart
ass. T
ad, the one I'd been holding because my father as
ey. I don't want anything from you." I tucked the sapphire into
om wen
ngrateful little after everythi
Turned ba
e the irony. "You're right, Eleanor. You've done so much." I let my gaze swee
against my chest. The
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