na

. The room was trapped in a suffocating silence,

hifted to my side, and I intended to pr

n face to Lady Rowena's pinched expression. "Since you are so certain that Caitlynn has lo

dy Rowena's voice

ps. "Let's make a wager. With the d

lynn was indeed pregnant and has miscarried, then I, Fiona Avery, will r

na stared, their eyes wide with disbelief. To wager my

ed at me, her eyes filled with a new, franti

of the bargain. My voice dropped, honing to a sharp, dangerous edge.

k her. "Then she, an Omega who dared to slander a royal, will be handed ove

es, will pay the price for your foolishness and your offense. And," I added, each word a ha

gamble they could not refuse wi

For the first time, he truly began to wonder if he had been played for a fool. He glanced at C

but they were in too deep to back down now. To refuse the wager wou

splaced bravado. "We accept your wager! I look forwa

my side. "Gamma Hull, will you se

nality. "I will be more than a witness. I will be the enforcer. Wh

y possibility of the Mayers back

, followed by an elderly man with a kind but weary face, carrying a worn leather medical

," Astrid announced

in an instant: the enraged Bowen, the terrified Rowena, the Gamma of the Shado

the room tu

color drained from her own. She went stark white, a b

e of dread washing over his face. He finally,

ook of pure fury, a silent, desperate command to h

eeping woman. "Doctor Foster, thank you for coming. If you would be so k