worker dress was as well lean for the climate, her arms uncovered and bruised from how firmly she had been grasped. Th

ed to inquire, one of the watches pulled her harder by the a

ked with tears and soil, and the disgrace of being paraded through the town in

of her heart was beating fast. The scene resembled what one would imagine to be a nightmarish setting to

throat. "This is where I will be bu

s she was forced down long corridors of all gold-framed mirrors and velvet curtain. The scent of lavender oil was in the air, mixed

, met her close to the servants' wing. She looked Sienn

n said plainly. "You'll start work

throat. She went down a little hall instead, and came out i

up a little, dark room, which was full of brooms, of old rags a

t move. She

woman snapped. "Get changed and report

sank on her knees and the cold sunk into her skin and she gathered the

d her a bucket and an old cloth. "Don't touch anything that looks expensive. Don't speak

me carvings on them that she could not identify. The smell came first when she moved into his room. It was

of the nightstands had a picture on it, in a silver frame. Ryder, Renna, standin

picture. Ryder had put his arm round Renna at the waist, and his eye

re-folding of the towels. The room was so silent that she became dizzy. The very sound of the clock telling t

he hypothetical wall. She felt hungry. No one had offered her food. N

tle knock on the door of

whispered. "You

nd handed her an old cell phone. "

kily. Hello? said

ringly, "Sienna, It's Harvey. I'm sorry. I... I

ing of her heart sounding like thund

igned, it wasn't th

n?" she asked, h

ss you willingly forfeited it. But someone switched the final page be

e. "You're telling me I gave up every

, without pressure, without duress. That's le

and fell on the ground. And the servant boy took up the cell

rocked herself back and forth the room as her breath of

had

ody, her title, her home. And

hall. Sienna stood off to the side, still in her stai

le steps and glow in a gold-em

like poison. "As Luna, I expect full respect from ev

e around

orders. She is not to speak to the Alpha. She is not to enter his chambers wit

d her, arms cros

forward,"

s and dragged her to the front. She

id, "let her de

n. The floor felt like ice. The pr

ered, stepping closer

her eyes. He

r, "daughter of no one, mate of no one, servant of t

s worse than laughter. It wa

ened. She didn't need to tu

him watching. She hoped foolishly that he would s

id no

her as though she had not bee

, with shallow breaths, hear

will serve i

just before the door shut, Sienn

was burning. But h