ra

" I said politely, keeping my eyes on the wooden floor. "I wish to request a ca

ies or anxiety. I kept my breathing perfectly even, thinking of the icy stillness I had cultivated since the day my

en quiet enough. Take the small black carri

u," I sai

s. The Moon Goddess Cemetery was located on a bleak, windswept hill. Seraphina had been kind enough to bury my mother in a proper grave at the back of th

mised. And I am learning. The locket you gave me-I have been studyi

en we get back to the city, give these to the driver. Tell him to get a hot drink at the tavern. We will w

!" she agr

the driver happily took the coins and jogged into a noisy ta

ing?" she asked,

d her swiftly through the foggy streets until we reached a row of grand townhouses. I stopped in the shad

dn't be here," Annie

o the Luna, I need to see for myself." It was a calculated risk. Annie was timid, but she was also loyal to

der. Fingers like iron dug into my coat, and I was violently spun aroun

d in my ear. He pushed me against the cold brick wall of the all

the physical difference between an unshifted Alpha and an Ome

ing with anger. "Are you jealous of Elara? Do you think you can u

d by his contempt for my rank that he could not see what was right in front of him. "You are a fool," I spat, turning m

ove my head. His chest pressed against mine, trapping me completely. The scent of pine and iron

usin from marrying a filthy cheater? Julian reeks of another woman's heat-a Rogue's heat. It is all over him, so th

"Explain yourself," he demanded, but his

ostrils flare as the wind shifted, and I saw the moment the scent hit him-the sour, rotting

had a

ouse, clearly trying to avoid being seen. I watched the understanding dawn on Kaelen's face-the way his jaw tightened and his ey

eftover bundle of dried winter herbs in my pocket