Kram

composure was a greater insult than any screaming m

nd brittle. "A filthy wolfless. Marrying into the Contreras fa

an to sift through the dresses, my movements unhurried. As i

sal was more than

er nails dug into my skin. "I'

ou know why Father agreed so easily? The Contreras family paid a fortune! Your

conspiratorial hiss. "And Father already knows Demetri is dying. The silver poison is in his bones. The healers say h

e her the satisfac

ughly, shouting in my face, "Why aren't you crying? You think you're still the precious eldes

as the

ements

my eyes was gone. In its place, a fire blazed, so

my gaze and her hand flew from

process what was

vice around her throat. With a surge of overwhelming strength

um

acked against the surface, and a strangled gasp esc

n for twenty years was now a stranger's mask, a harbinger from

rce of my grip, but my expression was

raw, cold rasp, like a blade scraped

. She clawed frantically at my wrist, her throat makin

y grip just enough to cut off her patheti

her face. She began to beat a weak tattoo against the war

oled the inferno in my chest. Killing h

eased

ched her throat, coughing and retching, desperately sucking in air. Snot and tears smeared he

y own expression on

" I said.

look at me again. She stumbled to the door, fumbling with the handle. Just be

she choked out, the

lips. It sent a visibl

and fled, her footsteps

ainst the wall, my body trembling slightly from the rush of adrenal

tasted violence

only the