Bound By Bloodlines

stiff as they addressed Dorian. "Alp

nce her way. "Yes. Tak

she stepped back, her voice rising

with kind eyes, hesitated before

she was nothing more than an afterthought. "Mak

ed. "How dare he t

shot one last look at Dorian. "You may not car

d, as if her words had no effect. She gritted her teeth, refusin

you by the council... You had a chance to decline the o

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but they remained silent, their faces expressionless. The cold stone corridors of the stronghold felt mo

ger one from earlier, hesitated before speaking. "Lady Irwin," h

ile, though it didn't rea

rious, opened the door for her. "W

or closing with a dull thud behind her.

g in on her. The bed was massive, draped in expensive fabrics, and a fire crackled in the he

t something....Something real when she touched Dorian. It had been like a surge of energy, electric and

d it? Was it a

to clear her thoughts. "No,

rian deny it? Wh

e one of the servants from earlier entering, a tray of food balanced in her hands. The

ire, my lady?" the servant asked

ble to muster much of a r

ng on Irwin with a look of quiet sympathy. "If you n

nd the servant bowed agai

as suffocating, but her m

th no answers. She needed to understand what was happen

s time, it wasn't a servan

nse and cold, as he stepped insi

ble?" he asked, h

g her eyes. "Comfortable? You lo

dow, his back to her. "You're not a prisoner

ing in disbelief. "Why? So no one finds out

out caring, Irwin. This is about protecting you. Whether you real

, her voice rising. "From wh

know about. You think this marriage was just about the pack? You're in this n

hest. "I will accept it when you tell me what's r

ent, he looked as though he might actually answer her. His lips parted, b

inally said, his voice low and controlled

d over, her voice trembling with anger. "That's what you keep sa

his eyes narrowing into dangerous slits. "Don'

e puppet you can control! You can't just lock m

his voice growing darker with each word.

ned locked with his. "Make me? Is that h

, he was in front of her, his hand wrapping around her throat, pinning her against the stone wal

orldly intensity. His face began to contort, shifting into some