remained fixed on her new face. The unguar

mething deeper than approval. S

Her gaze dropped to the crisp white sheet cove

from his momentary lapse in a fraction of a second.

dside. His presence

ash of reality. "But your eyes are wrong. Eve's eye

hloe instinctively looked away. H

"From this day forward, you are Eve Co

an's existence. Her history. Her habits. Her social

A growing sense of drea

nt. Controlling. Utterly self-a

this," she whispered. The con

"You don't have a choice. Chloe died

n the next day. He would personally oversee her lesson

rning, the

shoulders and back. Correcting her posture as she tried to imitate wha

on the sofa in her suite and order

ng to please, she obeyed without

Then his hand went limp. The glass s

nding near her bare feet. She gasped and f

feet in an instant

?" he demanded, voice low and menacing. "Would E

sheer size and intensity made t

hloe Hutchinson on the inside!" he

emory of her betrayal. The pain of t

her new cheek. The first time she had

even colder at th

They are useless against the strong. It's wh

k her like a bo

ad met conflict with tears and apol

her eyes was consumed by a sudden, violent rage. A feral, rebe

ss from the table. With a guttural scream, s

re. One sliver sliced across the back of Ash

m fell

ving. A wild sense of exhilaration

assaulted A

o the bleeding cut on his ha

anger in his eyes. Instead, a f