ra

ssed, leaving the air smelling of

my bedroom, carrying

bed and gently lifted my

he sharp, minty scent of

?" she asked softly, her fingers working th

out hesitation, starin

a sound full of re

hing with the golden light of her wolf. "I had bel

feet in soft

w villa," she sugges

er for your future role as Luna. Do not let ou

ly. "I will g

fabric of the place-his winter pine into the damask curtains, my night-blooming jasmine into the velvet upholstery

lock on my wall ticked

ing when a violent pressu

pushing past my mental barri

oice boomed in my head,

ael? I hissed back,

setting my wolf, he complai

ut, disgusted by his

ver, Kael continued, his to

villa tomorrow morning. Use your high-rank s

ckles turning white as

rd was laced with venom, to use my aura to comfort

s honor she is nothing more than the orphaned daughter of an old ally! She is sick an

ed in the pit of my stomac

say ano

ossessed and built a wall of pure titanium in

zzy, but the silence that

iver and directed him toward the bo

ersonal items, things that held

y oak door and step

as assaulted by a si

tea, spiked with the artif

wn at the e

were kicked off carelessly n

house, my footsteps sile

om, Selene was sitting on

ing my pure

small frame, the delicate lac

c mug that my father had

l walked out

r his casual clothes, carry

saw me, his eyes

er woman in my clothes, letting her low-ra

art was the utter absen