LOGIN~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."
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~Valeria~Michael reached for my hand and started pulling me toward the library entrance.Yes. Please. Let's just go.Zane moved like lightning.He shoved himself between us and the door, blocking the entrance with his entire body."Move," Michael ordered."No.""You'd have to knock me out before t
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