lie'

bed my lips with a linen napkin. T

ess. She hasn't been able to get a message out. But no news is go

with a satisfied smirk. "A wolfless thing like her would

ea's tragic death arrived, Father would go to the Alpha King, full of sorrow,

mediate thing

ushed my chair back. "We're discussing

n calculations. Mother smiled, knowing

o drive toward the edge of the city, to the discreet inn where Prince Damian was wait

lea'

three Omega maids moved around the room, tidying things alre

t the instructions for The Whisper Net to him. The ten million was useless sitting in an ac

tes from my window. I noted the maids' habits. They were ski

was m

It makes it so difficult to rest. I have a blend of herbs that

ooked hesitant. "But Lun

dering you to relax. Go to the kitchens. Prepare a po

pinch of my own blend-valerian root and lavender, enoug

eful future. They slowly relaxed, fear giving way to exhaustion. W

coul

took a small vial of pungent, earthy oil and dabbed it on my pu

t halls. I moved swiftly, using my planned route, stickin

passing just yards from where I hid in a recessed doorway. Cool n

m just

he estate, watching the section of wall I'd identified as easi

was a fra

ew more

somew

sper, righ

ips. My blood turned to ice.

light, was Ash. Not smiling. Just watching me,

n waitin

o carefully const