The Wolfless Widow: Defying The Enforcer Alpha

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. The Moon Lily had already stolen my voice, turning my denial

't... I

ace aside and pulled a black silk handkerchief from his

ped low. "Watching you writhe lik

oors. Winter wind ripped through the room, snap

nto myself, nails digging into my palms. The heat was crawli

tense, jaw locked. His eyes were half-closed-calling his men thr

minutes later,

carrying a silver-reinforced kit. Wyatt took one look at me on t

on didn't turn around. "Then get

The Healer k

pale blue liquid inside-a neural-bl

ll my arm back. Wyatt's hand pre

e." He didn't look at me.

slid into

eplaced it was worse-bone-deep exhaustion and shivers I couldn't sto

nd, looking down at me with cold disdain. "If you ever cross t

, head bowed so low my hair hid my face. I staggered

slammed b

ar end of the hallway with Toby pressed against her chest, half-hidden in the shad

ened? Did he giv

My throat was t

ng else, the tap of an ebony

d two guards. She saw me-clothed, shive

less t

left cheek. My head snapped sideways, lip splitting again

ecure a child for this family!" Estelle snar

ween us, Toby still in her arms. "E

he central courtyard. Strip her coat. Make her kneel on the flagstones. No food

lara. She screamed. Martha shoved her back, hissing

central courtyard and for

the hour. My knees went numb. The wind cut through my sleeves li

t that window, knowing Damon Mills was sitting warm inside, p

ld survive this night. I would survive them all. And o

ed into fre

arted slipping, a heavy woole

d my ey

dant, the only person in this estate who'd ever shown me real lo

ot water bottle into my frozen hands under the cloak.

chest. A tear froze on my

His voice trembl

n its meager heat as the first g

ed up, the East Wing window had gone dar