stood there staring at the wood. My skin was still
I hissed at t
my face was pale, and the bruises on my neck-the ones left by the rogues and the months of Piper's cruelty-stoo
head to be taken! He was the reason I had b
y voice was shaking, but my eyes were burning with a
w me whole. It was a trap. Everything in this palace was a trap designed to make me forget that I was a pri
oor swung open
arp face and her hair pulled back into a tight, painful-looking bun walked in. She
er woman said. Her voice was like sandpaper. She didn't bow.
ying to find the voice of the
as if I smelled like trash, "are a mess. The Alpha King expects you downstairs in an
napped. "I'm not a circus ani
are covered in the filth of the Hillstone Pack. If you show up looking like a beggar, it re
" I screamed as the
nstinctively shoved her back. She s
le stepped forward and s
the side, and the copper taste of blood fi
"But to us, you are the daughter of a traitor. Don't think for a second that those fancy s
open cuts on my back. The maids were rough. They scrubbed my skin with harsh sponges, pulling at the tangles in my hair as if they were trying to
a deep, blood-red silk that clung to every curve I had. It was beau
e ordered, pointi
hed black armor stood at every corner. As I reached the bottom, I saw a group of men standing near the entrance to
art s
n the center of t
powerful. He was leaning in, whispering something
left my lips befo
face went through a dozen emotions in three seconds-
eyes roaming over my red dress. "What are you
ere, you idiot," a voic
ngly handsome in a black suit that made his eyes look like molten gold.
away, but his gr
is voice dropping to a dangerous o
drop on the marble floor. Jude looked like he was about to faint
possible. She's... she was my mate. But
mate, Jude! And you watched while Piper treated me like
whispered, looking around nerv
off him was so intense that Jude actually took a step back. "The law says that if a man fails
d. "She asked for
o Piper Gilbert's bed," I spat, my voice cracking wit
as a history with you. That's unfortunate for you. Because now, e
his voice trembling. "I didn't kno
ht at dinner. You will stand behind Louisa's chair, and you will witness exactly wha
whispered, his fa
ynolds c
ike a whipped dog. I stood there, my breathing heavy
he words died in my throat. He was looking down at me, and for a split second, the coldn
murmured, his thumb brushing against the
was betraying me, leaning into his warmth. "
g on his lips. "Hate is a very passi
toward the dining ha
ed, looking him in the eye. "Wh
he little maid they stepped on is now the Queen of this palace. And because I want Piper Gil
walked into the dining hall where Jude stood waiting with trembling h
a guard entered
bert and his daughter, Piper, are requesting an audience.
cloth so hard my kn
at chilled me to the bone. "Tell them to come.
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