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The Beta's Forsaken Daughter ย ย ย 147. I was only early
Isabella POV The first thing Rosalind ever stole was a plum.She was eleven months old. She was sitting on a blanket in the orchard behind Winifredโs cottage, wearing a gold-trimmed bonnet and a white linen dress that Clover had embroidered with tiny silver stars. Her cheeks were round and pink. Her hair, dark and curly, stuck out in all directions like a dandelion. And in her left fist, dripping, was a plum the size of a small apple.โThat is not hers,โ said Winifred, severely.โShe is a baby.โโShe is a thief.โโShe is eleven months old.โโShe has a criminalโs eyes.โI looked at my daughter. She looked back at me, completely unashamed, and took a large bite, and a great purple stream of juice ran down her chin.โShe does have a bit of a look,โ I admitted.โI told you.โโShe gets it from her father.โโShe gets it from her aunt.โ Odessa knelt beside the blanket, wiping Rosalindโs fingers with a damp cloth. โI know a certain young woman who once stole a whole basket of pastries. And b
The Beta's Forsaken Daughter ย ย ย 146. Warm And Steady
Killian POVShe was born on the winter solstice, at dawn.I would like to say I was calm. I was not. I paced the corridor outside our bedroom for eleven hours in a rut I could have drawn on a map. I wore a hole in the carpet. I broke two cups. At one point, I punched a wall, and Marcus, who had been standing guard at the end of the hall with an expression of deep sympathy, said, โIt is fine, Alpha, we will patch it,โ and I wanted to cry.โShe is all right,โ said Valerie, for the fortieth time.โI know.โโWinifred is in there. And Odessa. And three of the best healers in the kingdom.โโI know.โโYou are making me dizzy.โโI know.โShe sighed, and put a cup of tea in my hand. I put it down immediately. Then I picked it up again, sniffed it twice and drank half.โIt is not poisoned,โ said Valerie, gently.โI know. I just like to check.โโYou are going to check tea for the rest of your life.โโThat is the plan.โA scream tore through the door.I dropped the cup.It shattered on the floor.
The Beta's Forsaken Daughter ย ย ย 145. She Is Strong
Isabella POVThe plums ripened in August.They hung in heavy purple clusters from the old orchard behind Winifredโs cottage, so thick that the branches bent. The air smelled of sugar and warm leaves. Bees droned lazily in the long grass. And on a wooden bench in the shade, two old women sat side by side with a basket between them, eating plums out of their hands.โYou are doing it wrong,โ said Odessa.โI am not.โโYou have to bite from the side. Otherwise the juice goes everywhere.โโI have been eating plums for ninety-two years.โโAnd you still get it on your chin.โโThat is a feature, not a flaw.โI stood at the edge of the orchard with my hand resting on my belly, watching them. I was six months along, and enormous. Wren said I looked like a very determined barrel. Killian said I looked like a goddess. Both of them were being generous.โAre you going to hover all day?โ said Winifred, without turning her head.โI was admiring.โโAdmire from a seat. You will fall over.โโI will not.โ
The Beta's Forsaken Daughter ย ย ย 144. Red Faced
Isabella POVI had expected to cry at the wedding. I had not expected to be the one giving the toast.โYou have to,โ said Isabella, pushing a glass of wine into my hand. โYou are the King. And the brother. And the only one in the family who can speak without shouting.โโValerie can speak without shouting.โโValerie is currently dancing on a table.โI looked. She was. My sister stood on a long banquet table in her ivory dress, barefoot, with her hair coming loose, laughing so hard she could barely stay upright. Aelion stood below, arms raised, ready to catch her. Miranda was clapping in time. At the other end of the garden, three hundred guests, wolves and Fae alike, were eating roasted pheasant with their fingers and arguing loudly in four languages.It was, without question, the happiest chaos I had ever seen.โAll right,โ I said. โI will do it.โI climbed onto a chair. I tapped my glass with a spoon. It took a surprisingly long time for the noise to die.โFriends,โ I said. โFamily.
The Beta's Forsaken Daughter ย ย ย 143. Queen Corisande
Valerie POVโHold still,โ said Clover, through a mouthful of pins.โI am holding still.โโYou are fidgeting.โโI am nervous.โโYou have been nervous for three months. It is a very long time to be nervous.โ She tugged my sleeve into place. โTurn.โI turned. In the long mirror, a woman in an ivory dress looked back at me. The silk was soft as water. Tiny gold sunbursts had been stitched along the hem and across the bodice, each one no bigger than a thumbnail, each one catching the light. My hair had been braided and pinned up with golden thread. My motherโs pearl earrings glowed at my ears I did not look like the loud princess. I did not look like the villain of a hundred gossip stories. I looked like someone I might like.โOh,โ I said.โDo not cry. I just finished the lashes.โโI am not crying.โโYou are going to.โโI am not.โ My chin trembled. โClover. It is perfect.โโIt is the best thing I have ever made.โ She put her hands on her hips, and her voice cracked. โI started it the nigh
The Beta's Forsaken Daughter ย ย ย 142. A Year
Isabella POV The Eclipse Pack kitchen was smaller than I remembered.I stood in the doorway, in my plain gray coat, looking at the narrow room with its sooty stove and its sagging shelves. I had been seven the first time I stood here, with a plate in my hand, waiting for somebody to tell me I could eat. The same long wooden table ran down the middle. The same cold stone floor. Even the smell was the same, onions and old grease and damp.It was only a room. It was not a monster. It could not hurt me.โYou do not have to go in,โ said Killian, behind me, quietly.โI know.โโI can wait here.โโI would like you to come.โHe took my hand.We walked in together. The room was empty. Sunlight fell through the small window in a thin, dusty slant. I ran my fingers along the edge of the table, rough and splintered. I stopped at the far end, by the stove, where a pile of firewood was stacked against the wall.โI used to sit here,โ I said. โOn the floor. In the winter. It was the only warm place.โ
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