een

ist Domonique had wrapped around Haze

moonstone bracelet, glowing with the exact sa

had handed me in the velvet box

asn't id

on the platinum clasp: an intricate letter

clasp. A generic, mass-produced luxu

ke a physical blow to the ch

Her smile widened, and she purred against Hazen's jaw, "Hazen

gent. "As long as you like it.

m-cra

the last shred of sentimental

demand an explanation. Doing so would only make

om the door, moving down the emergency

to the cold rain, the wet wind hit my burning face.

den by the parking lot, unzipped my handbag with s

acelet lay cold and lifeless against the ve

led it, along with the heavy b

r Luna title," I whispered, the words tearing from my

gging in huge gulps of damp air until the violent shaking

y Hollis. My voice was eerily steady. "H

ection document has cleared the Council's internal docket. It will be offic

we finalize everything,"

eeks, smoothed down my coat, and

, I gave the driver the address to the abandoned

en

the sofa and drew the door of Toby's room nearly

e rain pour over the city, a strange, per

r Coleen's emotional frequency through our mate-bond, but the

tte in the tray and took the elevator down to t

Alpha vision caught a faint, familiar b

the paved walkway, an

ck velvet box and the tangled silv

and snatched the soaked jewelry from the dir

smell caught the distinct, lingering scent

flooded it. The veins in my neck bulged

lenched teeth, spinning around