f the papers like a
bed for what felt like hours when Damian finally walked in, still dressed
u signed,
tween them. The warmth that had once existed in his eyes had disappeared completely. The instant their gazes met, Elena saw nothing but cold disd
silver hope. "Tell me straight Damian, why choose me? Why tell me
way first,
t I guess that was just you had," he exhaled, "Just sign the
eing disowned, even her connection
e marriage quietly, Damian threw a banquet. The great hall, still warm from last night's gathering, was lit again a live band playing something brig
ian's mother, delivered with a smile: "You'll stand there, dear, so e
o had once curtsied to her raise their
ations, Lu
the Alpha many
ed like a small
ies, wealthy, powerful, the kind of men whose approval Damian had spent years courting.
ha named Reyes, spotted Elena stand
turned to Damian, grinning. "What will you
rned, but she didn't move, didn't speak. She had learned,
called out from th
ing his glass toward her like she was a piece
ed into something that wasn't quit
wly, savouring it, "she'
ember the wine tasting strange. She only remembered Marla pressing a glass into her hand, insisting she drink to "close this chapter properly," and t
nstinctively she felt something flat and metallic, then a t
s, draped in gold silk that strained at every seam, rings crowded onto fingers like fat little jewels. Bes
altimore. Owners of the Baltimore Auction House
king. "No, this isn't real. This
glinting. "Were the Luna, sweetheart. Your husband's signature is
st the chain at her ankle, fury and disbelief tangled together into something wild. "I don't belo
o fast she didn
ll, sending Elena sprawling sideways onto the cold stone floor. Pain bloomed white-hot across her cheek,
ere, too stunned to move, staring
ore leaned down,
thing inside her - some last thread still ho
p, smoothing her golden silk like Elena's blood hadn't just touched her hand. "You are not
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