Semua Bab CHASING HIS LUNA BACK: Bab 151

Aurelia's point of viewMy mind was nowhere near the chamber I stood in. It was out there in the library, wrapped around Silas like a second skin, wondering if he’d managed to gather the pages we needed, if he’d slipped past the guards, if the shadows of this cursed palace hadn’t swallowed him whole. Every laugh from Damien grated my nerves raw, every smirk twisted the knife deeper.I had tolerated enough.I rose from the chair, pushing it back with a deliberate scrape across the polished floor. “I should return,” I said, keeping my voice level. “The pups might wake and be startled not to find me in the room.”Damien’s lips curved in that infuriating way of his, a smile without warmth, amusement laced with cruelty. He leaned back in his chair as though my words were some charming jest. “If you were my chosen mate, Aurelia, you wouldn’t have to concern yourself with waking pups or nursing them. You’d have maids doing that for you while you enjoyed the life you were meant for.”My blood