BEAUM

left, Bennett and his moth

ent. The thought of losing my fortune was mo

s tearful pleas "for the child," was paralyzed. He wante

about my ultimatum. The servants said she ha

a palpable thing. I was

d who served Daisey. The Omega was weeping to Bennett, accusing me not

ve, she would take the boy and disappear where Ben

w exactly which strings to pull. She had he

e, Lady Betsey was

ill voice. "Celina is just throwing a tantrum. W

u need to complete the Mating

al, sacred marking betwe

won't be able to leave even if she wants to!" The laws of the Goddess stated that a completed Mating Bond was a spiritual binding, and to break it through rejection woul

conversation. They were truly shameless. They wanted t

e I was marked, I could no longer demand an annulment. My w

perhaps even bring her back to the mano

despicab

ap of Silvermoon, marked with the sigils of

silver mines, then hovered over the sigils of severa

I will turn all of

write a letter to the loyal

l funds I had invested into

ed my father favors and instruct them to

line at the source. I would bleed th

her eyes shining with

to seal the letter, we heard f

kly hid t

mile I had never seen before-a soft,

He walked toward me. "I was wrong the o

it away before he could touch me

ut he pressed on. "We are husband and wife

old smile on my own lips. True mat

omplete the bo

wn plans in motion be