mind myself that I am doing this to keep so

uld never trust you where my sisters are concerned. I am ce

suspect that Einar knows the truth, and no reason to punish my sisters when I am gone. I cannot free them, b

ead like a mantra, giving me

y thought."I did so enjoy watching Aika waste a

, though I'm not sure how true it is. Madame has made no secret that I am her most valuab

al as quickly as she inflicts them. But I do hope she will let me have that ho

od, and Damian wants nothing more than to be tied t

e I let that happ

am in no hurry to meet what is sure to be a painful demise, but neith

possibilities, and every single on

pte

a

making up for the sliver of a moon hanging above us. I push out thoughts of the last t

he revolting man at my back. Miles slips by before Gideon

alchemist have a little too much fun back then?" His f

midnight air. Even the despicable man who had purchased my virginity had known better than to cross

to him, one I refuse to supply him with

a true heir...but there's always later. " He lets that statement dangl

She wants an heir even more than she wants this rose back, and it gives me a grim satisfaction th

anter again, effectively ending any semblance of a conversation. If Khijhana couldn

rce myself to focus on the task at hand. The fact that things have gone

he would make the unreasonable counteroffer of a day. The one that pai

would allow me to come without prot

betting hundreds of lives on little more than a

lose. Gideon's impressive pace begins to slow by the tiniest incre

amian's calm voice is impatient

onally hadn't stopped to give him a break in a wh

esn't. He sig

before we get where we need to go. "W