VA

rd not to notice that he was only wearing under

tches his eyes, but not with th

front of him, measuring and matching them, th

fit?" I suddenly asked, lifting my hea

a drop of water dripped from his damp hair onto my lip

bout him scr

ctly am

ooks," he interrupted as I began t

clear: Come and

epped forward to wrap it around his waist,

ine. My fingers brushed his skin, and I could have sworn I heard him growl softly a

on fastening the belt, even though

.. it fits

e buckle to be sure," he

on, somehow managing to fasten the belt despite the firm, unmistakable outline

wine was ma

I declared, letting out an internal sigh o

back to sa

lothes. The more comfortable, the better," he assured m

e was a man of acti

en with a male before?" he

yed silent for a few seconds. I didn't want to talk about

y mind racing. It was

just hope he's dead because if he come

believed he owned me. It was as if he already c

very possessive

e went to dry his

come. No male

teresting, now I was nothing but a

it with these boots, Lord," I pointed out,

ely got a bad feeling. "If you start something,

dish hair as it fell over his neck, his forearms flexe

urther down, his well-defined abs where any she-wolf would die to run he

lked toward him, resigned to my fat

id to a demanding Ly

*

y it in

to poison me?" he suddenly asked, lifting his shar

course not," I stam

y corner, waiting for his orders. Whe

avy leather pouch landed on the wooden surfac

day. There's a fair in the pack, and they're selli

I'd be paid," I replied, not daring to tou

s pay my maids; that's your reward. I

tightened

agined he'd even give me money for my needs, an

teps moving away

sity, Your Majesty," I said, bowing

and I saw his brown boo

about to thank him again when a rough, cold ha

g like a royal pet. Perhap

ou want, Savannah. But never, ever think of betraying m

e without a threat. Otherwi

breath I had been holding. My life wa

n't plan to spend it frivolously. This was

ine how soon that

*

red through the hallways, lightin

tgown and my old slippers-all

ause I had forgotten to change the sheet

t he should still be at the cele

I went to the closet to

ourse, because a man his s

s shattered by a bestial roa

idea where it led, but I stood in a corner, tremblin

rious, but something made me grab the ca

ider, revealing dark, narrow stairs

, and what I found in that basem