HAZEL’S POVI found Marta in the kitchen the next morning. She was wiping down the counter where she had worked on a a dough. She wiped it out, get back at. “You told him.” I said quietly, my voice startling her. Her hands stilled when she heardu voice but zhe didn’t turn around right away. “Told him what?”“Dont play games Marta. I know that you told him I was in his study week ago.” I said. She set the cloth down slowly, finally facing me, something apologetic already forming in her expression before she’d said a word. “I didn't have an option, ma'am,” she said. “He asked me directly if you had entered his study. I couldn’t lie to him.”“Couldn’t, or wouldn’t?”“Both,” she admitted. “I’ve worked in this house a long time, Miss Hazel. I know who Alpha Blaine is and I know that lying to Alpha Blaine isn’t something I can afford to do lightly.”I studied her, frustration and understanding tangled together in my chest. “Still doesn't make me feel any better about what you did. I'd l
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