ge platter of bloodstone claws, a rare deli

is Alice's gift-authentic Crimson Fang Claws

didn't ev

or her plate with a

sharp, calculating gaze. "Alice, I heard you gr

ned"Most fresh grads ge

her claws-yes, cla

even match the wage

o tiny, though. First time

ed, urging me with his eyes to let it go. But

bother eating them? Or is your family too

her grip tightening on her

rsely filled table, ba

d never serve guests with so little. Or els

pressure visibly rise. She slammed her c

nds. "Well, since you don't like the claws

ring a few to Dorian. "I'll make sure to eat what

e darkened, turn

l. "No wonder you went to some wildling college. The wa

rs when your precious son chases after a lowly girl like me

grab my arm, but I jerked i

nged at me, her claws exte

was young. I sidestepped easily, watching as Aunt Sar

a moment, caught between

y, he s

r I had given him back into my hands. "Alice, you shouldn't have t

red, "we don't drink thi

idened wit

ancient barrels, infused with healing herbs from my father's secret

didn't app

stopped crying and was now smi

-you think you're above your Pack, above everyone else. But in the

with disbelief. "What

"You're right, Aunt Sara, I come from a lowly background. But I'd rathe

ng this kind

soothe my joints and calm the burn of my Alph

an... You're a grown man, yet you st