ers filling out his black suit like he had been carved from stone.

, but a hard gray, like steel, or ice, or like someth

rost, the Alpha

ide my chest pulled like a tug or a string con

t unders

across his face for just a tiny, and almost unnoticeable

I knew he felt t

I didn't want to draw attention to my

gs. The bonding stone sat on a pedestal of black marble. It was smooth an

of it, and the st

ight I had to shield my eyes with my hands. The light filled the hall, washing ov

e light

rom the kitchen, other servants had been made to st

hout a doubt in Cresswood, and after Celeste and other servants had been rejec

stone. His mouth opened,

whisper. "This woman. Talia Ashford. she i

ilent, and I co

was the year Piper snuck me a book about the outside world, It was the year Celeste broke my favor

I did not remember leaving Cresswood,

onded to someone

se. None of th

r said so himself, that the bond wa

and a cold-eyed Alpha who looked at me

lder said again for all to hear. "Two years ago.

le. I have never met him. I have nev

ne was l

nne was arguing, and Edmund

his cannot be happening," she shrieked. "She is nobody. She is

m her, but her own face was pale with fury. Her ey

insisted. "There must be a mist

head. "The stone doe

floor, with his hands hanging limp at his sides

ost was still

s expression did not change. But I knew he

my head down, and I stayed in this pack for two reasons. To find out what happe

s bond, and i did not

as coming, I w

o stay stron