Boon

he first t

he venom was gone, but the memory of its fire remained-and beneath it

ame th

to my skin, to the tattered piece of blue silk clutched

snappe

he lingering smell and a few d

and unfocused. Her lips, stained with my poisoned blood. The weight of

ied to s

ed to obey. The way my voice came out as nothing

was hollow. Anger I could wield. The s

he had taken something I neve

locking the morning light. He took in my disheveled state, my torn shirt, and immedi

ed, his voice tight. "Black Mamba venom.

ere a nuisance. The woman was som

woman who was here last nigh

had disappeared-the same female who had pinned me down while I was too weak to resist. The c

silent.Her face floated in my

moment when my body had acted of its own wi

ere w

t wasn't heard. A hand that wouldn't obey. A b

throom. The man in the mirror was a stranger. Wild-eyed, clothes in

rom when she

cted with the mirror. It shattered, spraying glass across the marble

Carrol

ft champagne pink-lighter, brighter than the deep blu

k. Kevin Miller wasn'

an had

ds. No marriage value. No political worth. The moment word spread that the Carroll heir had been ruined, the engagement would collaps

my thoughts. My personal maid,

rmured. "It's your s

necklace clasp. For a

your

. "Through the servants' en

eam would have been satisfying, but screams were fo

ot a single hair out of place. Chloe had returne

ight was

him I have urgent concerns about my sister's conduct at the

smiled-soft, concerned, the perfect

mily's reputation. And it seems C

es

e have so

, echoed in my mind through our mind-link. It was

staring at the scrap of blu

ent back, my

igned for Omegas in heat. Highly illegal. I traced the p

pa

Carroll. The target

down around me. Ilene Car

las concluded. A plot

plot. The woman in the cave... she hadn't bee

percent certain, but based on the guest list and the target of the plot... there is a

le

roll. My wolfless, politically conv

he woman fro

Goddess herself, was a weak, pathetic creature who co

and claimed by a woman I

a physical blow, w