The Blind Alpha's Secret Mate
"Removed? What are you saying? If we touch her openly, Killian will tear this palace apart stone by stone. You heard what he said."
"We will not touch her openly," Helena replied smoothly, a sinister, calculated smile touching the corners of her thin lips. She reached slowly into the deep folds of her dark velvet traveling cloak, her long fingers rummaging through the interior lining before withdrawing a small, tightly corked glass vial no larger than a thumb. Inside the glass swirled a fine, completely colorless powder that shimmered with a dull, menacing gray sheen.
Helena extended the vial toward her daughter, holding it out between two manicured fingers as if it were a rare, delicate jew