ログインIt might have been laughable, had circumstances not been so… sad.“So your parents took it badly, I imagine,” I pointed out.Callum huffed and looked into his bottle. “My dad beat the shit out of me.”I pulled my head back. “He what?”Wordlessly, Callum turned, pulling his shirt up to reveal his bac
Liora’s POVI just barely made it into the parking space before the car let out one final groan, then sputtered to a stop, rocking back and forth on the wheels.“Sorry about that, girl,” I said, patting the steering wheel. “That was a lot more driving in one day than I anticipated.”Shirley almost s
“Twenty lashes,” he said. “We’ll see if you change your mind then.”I grit my teeth. “I don’t have to put up with this anymore.”“Would you rather take it, or would you prefer if that little wolfless whore of yours took it instead?”The moment he said those words, I felt all the blood drain from my
Callum’s POVMy father’s shadow darkened the room.There was a time in my life when my father’s presence seemed enormous and all-consuming, like a black hole filling any space he entered. When I was a child, I remembered thinking that he was big enough to reach the moon, or to blot out the sun.I’d
“The ones at the top of the list are our recommended ones,” my father added before I could say anything. “But ultimately, dear, it’s up to you.”I quirked a brow and opened the folder. There were over a dozen names on the list, along with small black-and-white headshots of each bachelor and which pa
Liora’s POVWhen I returned to the palace, I honestly expected to find that half of it had burned down in some freak fire, or that someone was dead.I didn’t find any of that.The palace was as peaceful as ever, quiet and cheerfully lit, the yellow porch lights illuminating the melting snow. The but
“You don’t scare easily, do you?” Bianca asked me with a smirk.“No.” After everything she and Alder had put me through that semester, I would have expected her to at least know that much about me. But she probably did, and was just trying to get under my skin, which I wouldn’t let her do.Finally,
“What the hell is wrong with you?” Zane took a step toward me. “After everything she went through tonight, you still chose Bianca?”“Zane, you don’t understand.”“No, I understand perfectly.” He shook his head. “You’re a coward.”The words hit me harder than I expected them to. My jaw clenched, but
Liora’s POV“Sorry, Princess. Looks like we’re going to have to stop here.”I looked up from my phone to see Marcus pulling into a hotel parking lot.“It’s barely snowing,” I pointed out.“Not here, but I just got word from the palace. The storm hit there earlier than expected. The roads are current
ZaneLook, in my defense, I wasn’t spying.Not really.I was just... observing. From a tree. Slightly above eye level. With snacks.Okay, fine. Call it spying if it helps you sleep at night.But let’s be honest—when a wolfless girl gives a smack down to an alpha, makes Jessica recoil like she’s seen







