ra

s trembled and dust rained from the ceiling. Th

red left wrist, my rotting right hand, and the throbbing lump on my skull were a sharp, grounding reali

e to

ecree. It was a single, bloody star in a pitch-black sky, the

enniless, severely injured with both hands crippled, and burning with a raging

re. To stay was a slo

bay, dragging up memories I had sp

me. I remembered him standing by the window, his handsome silhouette o

fair to you. I still love Rosalind. I cannot promise you love, but I will give you everything a Mrs.

g throat. A single tear, cold and entirel

tacular, di

l Lycan noble. I only found out after my marriage that the noble was Genevieve's cousin. The Sterlings had watched my family burn, only to step out

m. I managed this freezing manor, exhausted my healing magic

n allowed to

ful twitch. A year ago, I had been pregnant. But Genevieve had sent a servant daily w

I woke up in a poo

same frigid disgust he showed me today. "My mother went out of her way to brew you tonics, and

It was never a tonic. It was laced with trace amounts of Wolfsbane. They murdered my pup to

already mutilated soul. But this time, I fe

r my father's sullied name, for the tr

eth to tear a long strip of fabric from the bedsheet, tasting the metallic tang of blood as my cracked lips split further. Trembling viole

the piece of wood between my body and the mattress, al

t you owe me, you wi

eam and threw my body weight against the wood

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d my eyes. I spiraled into the darkness, but as I passed out