he was unable to perf

as he lay next to me. "It

r this way

have such a beautiful wife, alluring from her toen

d no one,

d sternly. "Though you're forgiving, our people woul

w

u from this cast

. Feeling a bit fearful. Though I was stron

uarantee

run the realm, something I'd been learning

He has an eye for you. And he's

it. But not a d

dry lips against my ch

*

t because my mind was awas

ng form aside, I wondered

etting more anc

shifting and violence and time took its toll, they wou

always b

those who'd been kind t

appeared before me

ar

in? And what

te. He came here for m

tle interest he'd shown in me.

for the King. Hoping that Alaric would not do somet

ao brothers, Alaric and Draven, to know that they did nothi

le I got away in

*

ng back. I vo

airs. Cautiously looking around, in case I should spot some trap Alaric had set for me. Or

tak

a sleeping castle. Hollow walls. Thick ston

dotting the room. Cold and still. The wax long dried in the darkness. I chose to ignor

e perfectly

it. And the yellow sheen was hinted benea

g book. "The history an

hy family. They wrote it, unaware that the Gallions came from an

u

elf had once been a natural wolf

he beginning

one of the most recent heirs. And his father had scattered his many p

emed. At least from

aned with my back against the wall. The book propped against my belly and one forearm as I ba

ething lurched from the shadows and two palms hit the wall o

h

d anyone approach. And I suspected that I would've b

ined

ssed the book i

nd caught the book. Snapping i

llow eyes shining in t

ht to

and knew no one would be able to see what wa

se knows

uards I'd be up meandering. I usually didn't. Letting them sleep

r wolf wants

attacker. And

he room and into the seat o

d you think you c