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rature inside the woods

shards out of my back with trembling fingers and washed the cuts with cold wa

nd out. With a wolfless body that lacked a werewolf's rapid h

sobbed, wiping her eyes with the back of her dirty sleeve

paper, reaching out weakly to grab her dress. In thi

d the unlatched door open and r

ths to stay awake. Fifteen minutes later, a pier

Sadie's

e sharp pain to clear my dizzy head. I rolled off the bed, braced my hands

torches burning brightly in the

p covered in iron barbs. Every lash came down with a vicious cr

ood, yet her hands remained tightly locked around a smal

ing the whip again. "Stealing herbs from the Crown

life and this one, anyone who hurt the

ed the wooden door open, lunged forward, and caught the ba

Warm blood dripped down my wrist o

h, the crippled master crawled out to protect her dog

eeding palm and yanked hard. Using her forward stumble, I pivoted and drov

shed into a wooden pillar,

olding the barbed whip in my bloody hand as

ce-blue eyes glowing fiercely in the torchlight, "I s

my voice made the four gua

hoed from the en

with two attendants. He glanced at the herbs

etween master and servant," Jaydan sa

erbs from the pharmacy!" Martha sc

at me, a cruel gleam in his golden eyes. "Since you love playing the pro

g weakly at my skirt from the ground. "I sto

eep her down and looked straight at Jayd

ps curving into a sadistic smile. "You are not allowed to dodge

ip was enough to flay a wolfless alive. H

d the torn outer gown from my shoulders, and walked to the ce

artha, I braced my f

her eyes gleaming with malice. She swung her arm ba

ac

s my shoulder blades. Black spots danced in front of my eyes from the ag

Crack

y strike. Blood soaked my white shirt until it clung to my man

le guards holding the torches turned their heads away, unable to watch. On

knees slammed into the stone floor, my hands propping up