lia

rcy! Save my lady

cracked acr

onto the gravel bank, her knees slamming stone with a wet crunch. Blood

dy is still in the deep

er the way men look at somethi

ongue, worth

the dirt. The nobles gasped - in disgust, not horror. Silk handk

nce - then scrambled forward on hands and kne

iss Aurelia has no inner wolf!

ted into Bridger's arms with a perfect little shu

s pride could survive crue

like a whip. "Drag this crazy wr

led her into the air like a bird for the pot. She thrashed, kicked,

Do not leave me

y syllable. My chest compressed

that, they pulled out her fingernails, one by one. Then they broke her leg

until the point drew blood from my

ir murder had succeeded, clean and perfect. Confiden

leeve, dabbing dry eyes with a dry lace

"Aurelia's temperament was always... difficult. But she was still my family. If she cho

itnesses. The surrounding nobles nodded, murmurin

ps. "You are far too kind. It is w

leads for your miserable life, you keep it.

, her cries thinning into the trees, two long

rk. You love a performance so much. I will build you the grandest stage t

y name, my fortune, my face. This time, I would

of divine herbs and ancient scrolls for a weapon. Shelves of impossible medicines spiraled aw

water. A rapid neurotoxin that shredded high-ranking Alpha nervous systems in seconds

ious life, when Kandace stole my mother's remedy journal and sold its pages to a fore

nsed onto my silver need

rd the golden-crested Tate wagon, entirely certain that Aurelia Montoya's corpse was settling into

e lay flat and

r showing people what

Wolf flooded every muscle with explosive strength. The w

ick

water like a silver spe

f spray, ten feet from the entire Tate Pack,