e
hard. "Do not speak unless spoken to. Do not look anyone
es
ith pity but with irritation. She smears powder over it with her thumb. It only dulls the color. "The Blood Moon makes wol
clean uniform, my hair pinned back, my ha
rs of blood and power and purity. Crystal glasses and silver plates gleam on fine linen, golden candles flicker, and roses, lilies, and
clasped, and I disappear. I set down drinks, serve th
tronger than anything I have felt, a heat, a stirring in my blood. My wolf is awake and pacing. At the pool she c
ot here. No
back harder. Something is going
el
y. I must have misheard. N
nd my hea
avier. He is walkin
of me, a glass of dark red wine in his hand. His blue eyes find my face, then the bruis
ps the
her it was an accident, and I do not care. I drop to my knees and reach for
st, warm and firm, and drags
his eyes blazing. "Do you want to bl
ns, but noth
leeds? Who cares if a
d
ce. Xavier's eyes flick past my shoulder, toward the far side of the hall, and back agai
loud enough for every
s like
do not break, not until I reach the corridor, press my back against the wall, a
am a slave, n
o, gentle as an apology. And his eyes had gone
for Derek. It was a wall,
ool who wan
ight, cold and sharp and clean, and
el
o you think you are going? You dropped a glass
rry," I
I let it pass. I will not let it happen twice." Her fingers close around
ere, because it is not her grip that hurts. It
Clean yourself up, do your job, and keep you
are still spinning, and the moon is still bright. I clean tables, arrange gla
way. Gwen keeps me. "You stay. You serv
not a
im, because I do not want to see his face or feel his eyes. But I feel them anyway. His gaze follow
crawl towa
it ha
ed, like blood, like fire,
aughing, the dancers stop moving, the m
r head and howls, and for the fi
od Moon
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