Se connecterI set the glass down on the table before I dropped it or shattered it. My hands were shaking too hard to trust my own motor functions.Bianca was still talking, something about her plans for the future, about alliances and trade agreements and all the things a proper heir should care about. But I co
Liora’s POVI stood frozen, the glass of punch still clutched in my hand so tightly I could feel the glass starting to crunch under my grip, as Bianca walked into the grand hall on my father’s arm.She looked like a queen already. The gown, the tiara, the way she held her head high as she surveyed t
I thought about Mrs. Oakes’ office and the letter with the gold trim and my father’s seal, and all the times I had opened my mouth and closed it again because I was being told to keep it a secret.I thought about Callum on the floor of that root cellar, pulling the rope off my wrists.I opened my mo
Liora’s POVI smelled cheap detergent and something faintly musty underneath the faint trace of fast food somewhere nearby. I blinked my eyes open and found a low, popcorn ceiling hanging above me, a large water stain in one corner.I frowned. The last thing I remembered, I was in a dark room. A cel
Callum’s POVEvery time I blinked, I saw her there. Liora. On the floor of that cellar. On her side. Still in the dress my mother had given her with her wrists behind her back, dirt on her cheek, and her skin as white as snow.It was my fault. All of it.I sat in the back seat with her head in my la
I wasn’t sure how much time passed before I heard the knock.Mia glanced at me. I sat up.The door opened and Callum stepped inside. The first thing I did was look at his face to see where we stood. He looked calmer than when he’d walked away, but not entirely settled. He glanced at Mia and Zane.“C
Liora’s POVThe morning after my father returned to the palace, I woke to the sensation of someone shaking my arm. Groaning, I cracked my eyes open to see Mia kneeling on my bed with a grin.“Wake up!” she announced. “School is canceled for the day!”“Hmmm?” I rubbed my eyes and yawned. “Why?”“Look
Liora’s POV“Let’s begin.”The principal approached the microphone that was set up in front of the band and started making his announcements. His eyes flicked to me with obvious disdain as he pulled out his note cards, but I pretended not to notice him, or the malice in his gaze.I pretended not to
But I had been wrong. He was a stubborn ass, and right now, I was glad I had rejected him—even if doing so had made my wolf go dormant.“Aw, c’mon, Callum,” Zane said. “Liora didn’t take the stimulants. Not intentionally.”Callum didn’t bother answering that time. I suddenly felt the urge to be alon
Liora’s POV“Take a drug test to prove it,” Jessica said. “If you’re so innocent, then it shouldn’t be a problem, right?”“Not at all. I can do that.” I turned to the professor. “I’ll take a drug test. In fact, I’ll even take it right here, in front of everyone, to prove that I didn’t take any stimu







