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. But I didn't stay there. Soon after, I walked out aga

ther steward, Mrs. Chapman,

sk, swung a whip soaked in saltwater. Each lash wa

" to watch. Eleanor's face was ashen, her hands clen

if she might faint at any moment. She hid behind Eleanor, her body

screams did nothing to quell the fire of

rd approached me. He held out a single

mily was hosting to celebrate the return of

d attend," the Shadowguard

eclaration of war. Carlee and Eleanor intended to use the banquet to des

sistence, Eleanor had been forced to give

e, a timid but loyal girl, w

ight?" she asked,

as fine. "Clara, help me prepa

Clara's face. "But

r off. "That's exa

reflection. My face was pale but my eyes were

They were leading the elite of the Hughes pa

Frostfang Gamma." She claimed the Hughes pack had been ambushed and annihi

ing. My father and the Hughes pack were fierc

to me by my father, because my inner w

ined my family's loyalty with a lie. It was a bl

n of my ice-blue eyes burned

s of a glory that was never yours

a weapon. It wasn't a sword or a dagger, but a small, silv

e, a "wolfless," it was merely a reminde

in into my nea

r me. It was simple, but it

I said. "Let's see just how '

at a new plot against me was alread