MoonFlames: Cornered By Fated Fangs

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e voice came from r

and out, like a sleeping girl. My heart was

ilk nightgown, and left me in a huge bed that smelled like roses. I'd barely slept in two days. My pla

attress dipped. Then came the scent

happened that night. I knew that scent, and I was

ed my jaw, slow and deliberate. "Your pulse is racing.

ought I was

wasn't a smile. It was the expression of a predator

Before I could move, it

y hip. His fingers tightened, not enough to stop my bre

hoked out.

Three weeks of silence and empty promises, and now you slip b

his wrist.

clear." His grip tightened. "But you don't run from a Prince

of me, and pain flared in my neck.

ine of blood slid slowly fro

ingers loosened a fraction. His brows pulled together

ck. "Good," he said coldly. "Blee

his hand off

are who your father is. I don't care what this treaty says. If you ever try to leave th

own the side

ut of that barn, who wrapped his coat around me

d barely looked at me in the dark and now I

and his hand

oughing, gasping, pressi

off his thumb with a handkerchief, slowly, like it

ld me. "Tomorrow, you'll s

The door shut w

My neck throbbed. My heart felt like i

ancé. The cruelest man I'd ev

man's voice floate

idden in the curtains. She stepped into the candleligh

ght blue eyes. She smile

Maisie. Axton's closest friend. I've

off my chin.

"I just came to see how you were settling in. I he

d. "Then you kn

softly. "I think you

lock of my hair, she curled it around her finger and

e didn't move. "Let me explain how thing

t care

the month, and sitting at his table, smiling at his guests. But you will never, ever

rd. The taste of bl

you a q

tand," I

eek, "Your sister was smart e

ok my

sharp. "Don't get comfortable," she whispered. "The l