ac
ac
back. I heard a faint ringing in my ears as my arms b
liva onto the stones. From the first lash to th
g moment. Instead of satisfaction, an inex
ly, turning his back. "Let's see if she l
Using all her remaining strength, the skinny girl half-carried, half-drag
ire. Blood loss and raging fever pulled me into a ha
my hand. Her voice broke as she sobbed, "My Lady... it's all my
-streaked face. "Sadie," I whispered, my voi
ck a sob and
h, "will be paid back. Every lash, every drop of blood-one day, the p
ard, tears still st
"Now wipe your face.
e basin to get water, the brok
on the verge of death, my i
othes slipped through the window like a ghost, m
s the room and tapped the back of her neck, knocking her out cold
w mattress, my trembling fingers
eside Esteban's carriage earlier that day. Esteban King's man. But I dared not act ras
me off?" I whispered, st
to the bedside, pulled a delicate white jade porcelain bot
, monotone voice. "But if you don't apply this medicine ton
through the stopper, a crisp, cooling fr
of the northern mountains and was monopolized by the highest
asked, my voice hoarse
ng my question, "do not die too early, or this gam
flipped backward out the window and v
ing's pale, handsome face and deep go
ed the jade bottle and dabbed a tiny bit of the pale
with the cooling Edelweiss, I smelle
pils
use a wolfless body couldn't absorb high-level spiritual herbs quickly, someone had
my shoulder and smeared the ointme
by a deep, domineering warmth that sank straight into my bones. The bleeding stopped within seconds
se his own blood to save
my freezing veins, my racing heartbeat finally
Bang
ainst the wooden d
s completely gone. Thanks to the salve, the wounds had scabbed over quickly; the thirty deep whip wounds on my b
woke up, gasping when she saw me sitti
night to anyone," I whispered qui
o
oor was kick
y in a fur-lined cloak, f
smile, looking toward the bed expecting to s
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