Thor

fists.This must be a trap she set, deliberately provoking me to attack her

"You think a lie can hold him forever?

laughing, her brown eyes turning hard and vicious. "And what will he do? He'll think you

mine, and dropped her voice to a conspira

rush. Two years ago. The

s pure poison. "You didn't really think that was an accident,

rena, there in the garden with me. Serena, handing me a

e. The realization was a physical blow, stealing

urse, it was me. A few crushed wolfsbane petals in your juice was all it took. Watching you collapse

r my lost son, the fury at her deception, the pain of Ryker's be

of my pain and rage into the blow. My palm connected with

handprint bloomed on her skin, and a trickle

in her eyes. Only elati

with theatrical flair, land

ce a pitch-perfect scream of

wet stain was spreading rapidly across the front of her silk robe, a vibrant,

n, her eyes fixed on the front door. "Ryker!" she screamed, her voice cracki

ed in the web of her mo

door of the villa burst open

doorway. He looked like a beast of legend, his f

writhing in a pool of "blood" on the floor, and me, s

ple, brutal, and clear. He saw a crime

al force that knocked the breath from my lungs. I knew, in that moment, that nothing I

rap had sn

nt, dying whisper in my soul.