a's

feet, clinging to my legs. Her eyes brimmed as she pleaded, "Ple

have believed she regr

adn't watched her cry before the elders thre

moment, the

ominic, who apparently

aited until this moment to m

crossed his face as h

ckly helped Thalia to her fee

You believe me, don't you, Dominic? I

answered reassuringly

What's gotten into you, Kiera? She's barely out

hand off me

der. With all the strength I had, I wrenched

across the back, and dishes topp

arms and legs. My chest tightened, and

how roughly he'd handled me. "That's enough, Kiera,

support, I slowly straightene

deliberately. "Tell me where that

to stand. "You shouldn't have to go through thi

rning to me. "Think this through, Kiera. A mate bond isn't somethin

apped. "Then ask Thalia why she slept with

Herry's palm struck the

ooking at Thalia, I demanded, "Wh

ars slipped down her cheeks

on his forehead, and anger contorted his face. "It'

ation, the butler p

ed the whi

used that very whip to lash me twenty times. Then he'd had m

asured steps with the whip in his hand. "You're spoiled rotten, and you still think you've

whip cut toward me w

d shut before I