The Lycan King's Defiant Surrogate
The dagger lingers at my throat.
I keep my eyes on Caleb’s, wanting him to be the last thing I see before I die.
Yet, the length of a breath comes and goes. And then another.
All of us are frozen.
The blade has come no closer to my throat.
“Do it,” Gladys demands. Her smile starts to become more snarl-like, her teeth flashing dangerously, rather than grinning.
The butler is strong, with one arm around me, the dagger at my throat. For a long moment, he does not move, not to act nor to pull away.