LOGINbonus chapter~just a surprise. ILY❤
“I do,” I said. It was that simple. There was nothing else to say.“Okay,” he said, accepting it just as simply.We didn’t speak again the rest of the way, but the air around us remained comfortable, companionable. We were used to being together, even when just riding in the car. It felt right havin
Lillian’s POVGrayson’s lips coaxed mine open, and his tongue swiped into my mouth. At once, my body relaxed. I curled my arms around his neck, combing my fingers through his hair.He kissed me like a man lost in the desert, finally finding an oasis, drinking deeply.When we broke for breath, I coul
Lillian’s POVTeacher recognized Grayson, and Grayson knew Teacher as the First Warrior.None of that mattered overmuch to me when Teacher was pointing the tip of a deadly arrow straight in Grayson’s face. Doing the only thing I could think to do in that moment, I stepped to the side, placing myself
Grayson looked at me like I’d lost my mind.“I know this man. He’s my former teacher, the one who taught me to handle a bow.”“If he’s a friend,” Grayson said. “Why are there so many rogues pointing arrows at me.”“A precaution,” Teacher said. “We saw you run into that town. We wanted to make sure y
Lillian’s POVMy teacher stilled as his eyes focused on me. “Lillian?” Recognizing me, he lowered his bow at once. “What in the hells are you doing here?”“It’s a long story,” I said. “What are you doing here? You vanished so suddenly.”“I’m sorry about that,” he said.“It’s fine. I’m just… I’m so h
I thought I might be rambling and worried my hands together, expecting some kind of reprimand, verbal at least.Instead, he seemed to mull over the things that I said, and then replied, “I will try.”As he stood there, I watched him attempt, loosening some of his posture. He struggled to hold that p
Lillian’s POVBefore I could even attempt to defend myself, Piers pointed an accusatory finger at me and declared, “This harlot attempted to seduce me.”“I did not,” I snapped.“I was simply heading toward the bathroom. You saw it, Josie. You saw how she came onto me, didn’t you? Look at her dress!
Or I had thought he was teasing. In hindsight, he was likely mocking me openly.Piers seemed different. He was listening attentively, like my opinion mattered.“If you like paintings, then you must see the galleries here,” Piers said. “What do you say? How about you and I sneak out of this stuffy pl
Lillian’s POVJosephine proved true to her word, and I was provided a gown shortly after. The corset was snug against my ribs, digging uncomfortably into my wounds. But the dull throb was nothing to pains I’d suffered in the past. If anything, it only made me feel more alert, which I needed to be af
Lillian’s POVI pulled the hem up to my ribs. The skin along my left side was purple and scraped raw where I'd hit the stairwell railing. The old lash wounds on my back had reopened in two places, thin lines of red seeping through the closed skin.Grayson knelt beside the bed. His hands were steady.







