The Lycan King's Defiant Surrogate
She has no way of knowing how his gaze sweeps over the view, how it snags on me, topless and dirty, and how it narrows then on her.
She continues to smirk at me, smug and overconfident, thinking she’s having her way.
Everyone else sees though. Silence falls upon the crowd.
Veronica, thinking her the champion in some great play, demands again, “Someone bring me a whip. How many lashes does this earn? Should we go by applause?”
“What,” Caleb says sharply, “do you think you are doing?”
Veronica’s face pales and she spins around. “M-my King!” Veronica lowers her head in reverence.