en as he left. Was

ha

a cred

he room, but do

her, not letting her participate in the night's activities. Again.

in the hall

to leave me here to fe

ma. Pick up the phone in the room and cal

at set off his blue eyes. His blond hair was slicked back, neater than when she'd seen him in the kitchen. The

Dex hadn't seen that, hadn't seen that Lucien was abandon

t Lucien, but it wouldn't solve anything. She would be full, but no better off in her relationship

but chose the least expensive item. She picked up the phone, pushing the button for ro

said and t

ow good he looked. What harm was there in just thinking about him?

"I'll call th

I'm in cottage nine and I'm trying to get th

mach rumbled. Was this some test from Lucien? No, she

busy. You shoul

get an orde

I'm here by mysel

lk to the kitchen herself. She couldn't risk Lucien seeing her in the main building, so she

rels outside. She could turn and

anquet going on all evening an

, tha

y protocol that said she couldn't hunt. Lucien hadn't forbidden her. Could sh

p, deciding wh

gain, but no one answere

tside of her room. She looked through the peephole but didn'

exhausted all of her options. Then she searched on h

ay of food. It didn't look like room service; it looked like it had been taken

ex

the tray and raced to the top o

he only heard foots

nd, she eyed the tray. Her heart

the food was surp

her secretly after hearing her yell at Lucien; she was embarrasse

shed, she put the tray in the kitchen, t

her room and g

be awake, but Lucien turned on the light. His tie was askew and she could smell th

need to b

g your beauty s

covers up to her neck. Lucien settled o

trying to s

get my sh

ha

around the bed. She could admonish him for drinking so much, but it would do no good.

he room s

id you

few beers, but something i

Lay down

can

t he was losing the feast he'd eaten while she sat in the room? No, that would be to

e," he said over the sou

face on a tissue and dropped that into

on his stomach. She scurried out of the bath

aking noises, she r

and flopped onto the bed. "Do you

uer. How hard could it be if he was a true Alpha? Lucien lay b

outside,

your bu

She rose. "Then you can take off the rest of y