THE WOLF'S KING BRIDE

lled the guard

ely looked at me as he led me to my tempo

't here to be caged like

he guard says,

in, shut the door, and let out a

ns, firelight glinting off old glass. Everything smells of

doe

y coat. My skin feels too tight, my wolf pacing b

did. That was

, pacing the room.

fall in line. I'

. Not the guard's rhythm. T

woman stands there, ar

"Hi. I'm Mira. I was tol

g to be afraid, too sma

need a ma

r's daughter. You need formal

ands. Silks, velvets, white a

a ceremony I d

happening, whether

ck and le

ace and lays everything out on the bed

t a com

an obse

of the bed. "Wha

ng. Soft. Obedient. Sc

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. I like tr

The symbol of the Nightfang line is embroidered into t

t weari

y n

t a Nightfang.

s me. "You

't kno

he kind of guy who l

t her. "Yo

is council. I've seen the Ki

one wor

ctually like

o one doubts him. That's more th

use I know she's righ

'll leave the dresses. Try

u should watch your back. Not everyo

for th

les and

oidery. The wolf's head is stitched in thread s

g and toss it i

it b

e library

a maze, and my thoughts are louder than my footsteps. T

m for a place full

through the r

hen you'd sta

I wasn't

of something dark. His coat is gone. His shirt sleeves a

leave. Bu

ead?"

rumour, I a

fingers along a shelf. "Di

l of sur

ing on the

and rough. "Try t

stick pins

agree on

e window. The moon i

t," he says

don't mea

eath my ribs, tightens my throat. I hat

o fight it all th

ce him. "Why

fight everything. Th

try surrendering

me slowly. "That

retending yo

. I want control. T

ot away, look

playing ni

been play

yes. "Then why hav

sn't a

his skin. I can feel it like he

iet and letha

you stop pretending

The heat betwee

t's the kind of talk t

down. "Maybe

hifts in hi

bond is howling now, de

th

cr

dden, from

s alread

rd outside my door is on the ground, throat slash

him. Still warm

ady shouting orders

my room," I say

," Thorne snaps. "A lot c

. Mira pushes thro

say to her.

sniffs the air. "T

ay. "It w

at me.

y. "You think

meone wants

oward the bloo

above the handle, is the same

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