Masuk~Valeria~
Zane's hand shot out and smacked Caius's hand away. "Back off! Can't you see she's busy? Why is everybody trying to distract her?"
~Valeria~"If this doesn't work, I'm throwing the ring in the trash."My father looked up from where he was setting up the clearing. "You're not throwing a centuries-old magical artifact in the trash.""Watch me."We were back in t
~Valeria~"Why?" I asked. "Wouldn't the Dark Wolf King use a service door?""He'll use whatever's least guarded. If we stack the public entrances, he'll try service doors. If we stack service doors, he'll try public. So we stack everything and force him to fight his way in.""That assumes he comes through a door at all," Caius said. "He could come through a window. Through the r
~Valeria~"I'm not standing twenty feet away from Val during her coronation."Alerion was the first to speak.We'd been at this for fifteen minutes and already things were falling apart."Nobody said twenty feet," Michael replied,
~Valeria~The Royal Council chamber was exactly as uncomfortable as the last time I'd been here. Magistrate Reeves was talking about ceremony protocols. Something about processional orders and formal blessings and where everyone would stand.I was half-listening. The other half of my brain was tracking Blackwell's stare and wondering when he'd finally say whatever he was thinking.
~Lysander~Michael was quiet for a moment. "I can help. But my training isn't gentle. It's not safe. And if your brothers find out.""They won't.""They will eventually. You can't hide that kind of improvement.""I'll deal with tha
~Lysander~Zane was checking my temperature.Again.For the third time today.I slapped his hand away. "I don't have a fever."
~Valeria~Everything hurt.That was my first thought when I woke up. My whole body felt like it was on fire and freezing at the same time. My bones ached. My skin felt wrong, like it didn't fit anymore.I tried to sit up and immediately fell back down, gasping."Valeria!" Multiple voices shouted at
~Lysander~Dying is apparently just waking up on fire while someone argues about who gets to watch you burn.Everything hurt. Like someone took my insides, deep-fried them, then shoved them back in wrong.But there was this one cool spot on my forehead that felt so good I wanted to cry.Valeria's ha
~Valeria~
~Valeria~"Work," he muttered. "Come on, work."The warmth seeped into me. Not just physical warmth. Something else. His wolf reaching for mine. The bond we'd formed with the guardian beast lighting up like a wire.My bloodline power responded. Pushed back against the poison harder."It's working,"







