ia'

t did not

esswood, silence meant safety. Talking meant attention,

il we reached a small room with a tub of steaming water. The scent of lavender filled

an said. "I will p

to my collar,

rved the Shadowfang pack for twenty years. I do not

ing my mother's necklace on because of her warning. The woman did n

ter wa

the tub and let the heat soak into my bones. My muscles loosen

that tonight, I wo

shing up. It was white and simple, not like the elaborate

ask about my face or about the glamour charm.

ready,"

had changed. I still had the plain face, the dull

ad seen every day

The silver chain was st

y head. Never remove the glamour c

just had to survi

yself that every morning when I woke up, and I told myself that

rief. Too brief, i

It was just there, like everything else in this pack. There were

s face was unreadable, and his

ething about the Moon Goddess, about duty, and s

ze. A sacred flame burned in a stone bowl between us, casting strange shadows on

droned on, but I

the smell of grease that never left my hands no matter how hard I s

d pity in their eyes, while others had contempt. A few looked at

emony. These were Kaelen's wolves, and some of Shadowfang warrior

id they see the ugly servant girl? Or did they see

they would think if

s fingers so warm against my skin, which was a big contrast

nt or on purpose. But I did not da

ll of this, my m

about the fire, and about t

t and she should have been the one to dress me up. But I was all alone as alw

five hundred thousand will be transferred

ndred t

but bruises and hunger, and now they would be paid for g

at me. "Do you