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our room. My mother had requested

sandalwood. She was running a string of rosary beads throug

said, gesturing to the

elf a whiske

rlow?" she asked, gettin

to fight. I thought of her facing down Blair, her words

h approval. "She's a wolf in sheep's clothing. Colby is a

saying nothing. My mother wa

"These women have grown soft. They've forgotten what it means to be t

Lady, a legend in her own right, was a pointed r

ition. She's young, with no allies. Colby will see her as a threat, and wom

ght. I had pulled Harlow into this world. It was

inal. "A man who would so casually discard his honor, and th

e unwavering. "I think it

VP required a vote at Church, but my mothe

against him now would create more

ow would do. I wanted to see just how shar

ion for now. She put down her beads

with a mother's plea. "The business with Colby

n wronged. You made her your Ol

ain. "I will not see anothe

e in her eyes. I thought of Harlow, of her defiant s

hand. "I promis

d as long as she is my woman, no one will h

to my mother, and

in the shadows of the ha