To Claim a Sinner
But before I could linger on that thought, the door creaked open.
“That bitch is too calculating,” Simon’s voice spat, the sound vibrating through the thin gap of the bookshelf. He sounded like he was pacing again. “She didn’t just find a loophole, she found a way to make me look like a goddamn amateur in front of the council.”
“Simon, please, you’re going to give yourself a headache,” Mina’s voice followed, smooth and cloying as honey. I could imagine her trailing after him, her eyes wide with that fake sympathy she wore like armor. “That woman, Alpha Mercedes, has always been hell-bent on going against you. I truly wonder what made her so brave this time. It’s almost as if she had inside h