hia

moment Gideon walked in, replaced by a silen

avy weight that press

serving station, his fa

look int

ingle, graceless motion, dumped a pile

ate toward him

d at the bla

deep within his chest, the sound v

lightly, but I k

and walked away,

assed exactl

d portions, no her

plain food as if my months of

kitchen was a chaotic

hoved his way to th

," the Warrior demanded, slammin

I said, my voice steady

dirt!" he snarled, bari

, the air in the roo

p ba

carried the terrifying wei

his blood that forced lower

s knees buckling under

head down, and scrambled

pped up to

ith the standard rat

tter, his large, rough fi

my arm, a sensation so sharp and bri

the undeniable physical r

on f

yes for one long second, h

rned and w

d me to the courtyard fo

kitchen," Eliza insisted, h

o the dark sky, illuminatin

the crowd, watching the h

caught in

ady Victoria was s

mething in his e

together, disappearing into

pped

led over the

I told Eliza, m

ly, her eyes full of pity. "The Alpha needs a stron

small room in the

had saved for Gideon and b

e pot to Eliza t

as

Victoria glided

place among the soot and grease. She was holding an empt

led out, her tone dri

ds on a towel

you, My Lady?"

ictoria smiled smoothly. "He told me last nigh

ertips, which had just registered the rough texture of the towel, vanished co

d not

ly what I was

a casual topic of conversation w

e. His words, used so car