e Goodw
Harbor Cemetery, gazing calmly at
y boyfriend of four years, Liam, rolling ar
Instead, I calmly recorded a
instead of reprimanding his daughter, he came to
before my twenty-fourth birthday-three days away-in order to i
ady engaged to Ruby, it was absolutely impossible
property without shedding a drop of blood
y bones would never allow me to be manip
grab a random man off the street and marry him,
elong to late autumn swept past, and the rain
aw an unusually tall, upright
black umbrella. A pair of abyss-black, icy
redatory aura, yet his posture was res
ore another ancient, otherwise nam
s apple bobbing sharply, as if he were d
cred freesia fragrance that could drive the
uary] talent made me instinctively immune
aze, rapidly calculating
look like you're hunting for prey," I said
s eyes. His low, hoarse voice so
was losing everything that belonged t
andsome face and the lonely yet powerful aura
l wife?" I bluntly propos
handle, his knuckles turning white from the force-th
arriage certificate to inherit the estate, and a
him a substantial sum, or provid
n his eyes that I could not understand-ten years
, his voice cold as marble, yet carry
ly's troublesome elders." He took advantag
d. "Then it's a deal.
s palm was colder than the rain, like jade without warmth.
Sweene
still lingering with her scent. My eyes instantly turned crimson, my fangs faintly visible
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