a's

lance tonight, and I

tes. Guests had been trooping in since the day before. The atm

wasn't in chains. I might have appreciate

g Jade's vile voice: "I heard you let Jared do it with you on the prison floors." The stench of Jared's smell would not leave

rateful. I thought I did not want to die, but now the

was a voice I had begged to hear,

athed. I fell on my

gently. "I could not let today pass without doing this. I want to

let. I swear. I can neve

ade a few mistakes while trying to cover up their tracks. I

spoken. "Why am I still in chains?" I wanted to say more. Why was I on open display to be

death, Talia. I cannot do that t

d that he had masked himself in their eyes. Power was mind-blowing. "So I h

re; maybe this is destiny's pl

of someone else, to save a

k F

l be good to you in your next life."

ground and closed my eyes. I welcomed

fore death. It was hard

since a party this big was thrown. Many people stared at me as they passed, and I could

been the las

s even before I saw them. Majestic, like nothing I had seen before. From their mane to their tail

e they were made for them, and they rode like they were one with the horses. I would have tho

ooked away before our eyes could meet. Then both passed my spot wi

time, I let my senses travel

chain being pulled. My eyes fluttered op

that spoke; his voice echoed throughout the village, and he needed no amplifier. "But some have thought us to be weak and lazy. Then they think they can get away with something as heavy as treason." H

Alpha in delivering all kinds of punishments, down to

hoed disgust. It came from within the crowd. Again, the people parted t

pass the message you're trying to convey."

l has committed treason, something greater

he conversations; he tried to pull

e his grip, but his hands had caught my s

I wore nothi