a's

e agreement. "There's your signature. It won't change a

made my heart tighten, then

poke quietly. "This isn't a bluff. I'

certain I had not

?" Thalia asked weakly behind me.

otion. "She's only throwing a tantru

on't you

What's she going to do? Return to the Nocturne Pack and be a slave again?" A brief silence fol

I stood in the hallway

going to

ned, leaving him wasn't

smile, I made

nto bed. Drink slowed my restless thoughts and sof

e offered her apple slices and ge

hem was more tha

consciousness with an arm h

kept me firmly against him, and his broad hand lay over my

me back and drawn me close in his sleep

rigid, and I staye

mories I'd tried to

k's altar. Blood covered him after his enemies

she lay dying, she joined our hands and sai

her hi

f my hand. He promised, "For as long as I

I'd trusted

e together had

d received all the love

the nightstand. An email notification f

picked it up and

ed, and each hurt more

bstetrics department. His hand supported her w

park together. She held his arm, and

er during prenatal yoga. Both his hand

pregnancy from its earliest d

yed by another woman's side through

hand on me had become unbearable, and I shov

inic went from groggy to f

dy to lash out like an a

ediately. The hostility left his f

oward me to draw me close again. "Set

dy. "Get ready. We're going to the altar

get out of bed. A hand closed around my ar

said quietly, searching my

entleness in his tone made my h

nt what I want

ke his voice sound tender o

ower my guard, leaving me ope

d around my chin.

on, I held his gaze and

hold tightened and his mo

whelmed me, sending fresh

y hands went to his chest, and

ow could he think he ha

dn't separate one from another, and th

h any of it. When Dominic wanted s

s grip as I struggled, and he he

body still reacted to his k

gh to provoke a resp

familiar scent, followed by the

same perfume had

o me at once. Had he ki

and suddenly my thought

A hiss escaped him, and his grip s

ned his fac

ister!" I pulled farther back as everythi

d his eyes. "You've misunderstoo

to ease the pain eat

pped caring about the consequences. My han

gainst his face, and I