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Dra

e house keeper, he had met her j

" the housekeeper replied.

n rest after

ing to be disastrous. His footsteps appro

e, open t

ous, the bathroom offered no escape, and the window overlooked a garden enclosed by h

led through the door, her tone

now pale face, and crossed the room. My hand reste

nd dark trousers that fitted him indecently well. His hair was slightly dishevelled, his jaw wa

annoyingly, infur

woman understand why people did

I wasn't here

face before settling on my

ing." I repl

ed to my dre

stood with her hands clasped in front of her. She looked displeased with me,

ed at her.

orrow. The wedding preparations have be

k for you

head and walked away, her shoes clicking against the polished floor

Liora who shook and mumbled

ed at the untouched breakfast

not h

touched, or are you planning to s

ou always interrogate p

surprised.

ve you always been th

argumentative?" He asked

rs my room and starts c

ve a different temperame

again. "What did you ex

iet w

People are often di

answer was calm, but his

xchanged between the families and read whatever carefully prepared information accomp

e to be frightene

ld yo

u happy if I said

slowly, studyin

will have to settle

looked like he was tryin

e pressure of his Alpha presence and the instinctive urge to retr

down at the gardens. "Tomorrow, the wedding will take place a

ddings work."

ned. "

my irritat

little, "then we und

be security wherever I went. The estate staff would attend to my needs. Certain rooms were private, a

g each detail away. "You hav

ould you prefer th

prefer

ore I could stop myself. "You expect honesty from a woman who is

ed enough for me to glimpse the irritat

ve enough power

believe y

now about Mira, he did not know that refusing this marriage woul

ile. "You know nothi

nd by an agreement neither had written, each gu

ay. Do not mistake my willingness to honour this arrangement for weakness.

my husband to understand that

him. Only after his footsteps fad

ction in the mirror. Seraphine's face stared back, beautiful and unfamiliar, fram

nd if I fail, Mira will pay for it. A soft

Liora,

n." I r

wn eyes flicked towards the corridor before sh

miss? Master Kael

he expects the entire world to

ide her smile. "I probabl

ancing down at the pouch in her hands

wh

the Bryt residence. She said it belonged to Miss Serap

Liora placed it in my palm. I loosened th

one that caught the light. The metal had darkened sligh

lly. "The ring I a

as there anythin

s. Just

k into the velvet pouc

stopped her. "Hold on, it's still too earl

left the room and made it out through the corridor

ard, he must have sensed my presence because he looked up at me. I

there was no turning back now

feel my wolf stirring violently within

. "What's wrong? You've gone pale." I couldn't reply, she

. "What a

miss please get ba

felt strangely warm like I've been standing in a co

is

reamed in my mind. "No, no, no ,no, no