he was unable to perf
as he lay next to me. “It
r this way
have such a beautiful wife, alluring from her toen
d no one,
d sternly. “Though you’re forgiving, our people woul
w
u from this cast
. Feeling a bit fearful. Though I was stron
uarantee
run the realm, something I’d been learning
He has an eye for you. And he’s
it. But not a d
dry lips against my ch
*
t because my mind was awas
ng form aside, I wondered
etting more anc
shifting and violence and time took its toll, they wou
always b
those who’d been kind t
appeared before me
ar
in? And what
ate. He came here for
tle interest he’d shown in me.
for the King. Hoping that Alaric would not do somet
ao brothers, Alaric and Draven, to know that they did nothi
le I got away in
*
ng back. I vo
airs. Cautiously looking around, in case I should spot some trap Alaric had set for me. Or
tak
a sleeping castle. Hollow walls. Thick ston
dotting the room. Cold and still. The wax long dried in the darkness. I chose to ignor
e perfectly
it. And the yellow sheen was hinted benea
g book. “The history an
hy family. They wrote it, unaware that the Gallions came from an
u
elf had once been a natural wolf
he beginning
one of the most recent heirs. And his father had scattered his many p
emed. At least from
aned with my back against the wall. The book propped against my belly and one forearm as I ba
ething lurched from the shadows and two palms hit the wall o
h
d anyone approach. And I suspected that I would’ve b
ined
ssed the book i
nd caught the book. Snapping i
llow eyes shining in t
ht to
and knew no one would be able to see what wa
se knows
uards I’d be up meandering. I usually didn’t. Letting them sleep
r wolf wants
attacker. And
he room and into the seat o
d you think you c