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jawbone with punishing force, his hot, heavy b

ith an enemy female?" he repeate

g Deacon's arm aside to glare at me with bloodshot eyes. "Hav

looking at her crumpled, f

last time you reached hi

ame out. Her lips trembled, and her skin went an eve

not

my voice level. "He plans to use your royal betrothal as a

aelyn could spiral further. He looked at his sis

dark red blood welled up, but she refused to l

n back to me, his golden p

ver set foot on a battlefield. How do you kno

r possessed this knowledge. But after dying with the truth finally laid bare before me, I had

aled this to me in a vision, would you be

out a low,

her of Wolves grant divine sight to

ing my right hand with my palm facing the ceiling. "If there is a single lie

weighing the terrifying weight of that oath. In our world, swearing on si

deep voice vibrating through the damp stone. "I wi

ate-bond was brutal. If his consciousness tore too deep, he might discover the

n sneered, catching my hesitation

n immediate trip to the executioner's block

berately lowering the mental barriers around my con

He hesitated for a heartbeat before raising his large,

pha consciousness tore through my thoughts with absolute authority

ed my throat, and my knees gave out completely, but Deacon's free arm shot

er where the thorn whip was dipped in liquid silver, and the secluded manor where Haven Bates stroked the swolle

ss, the arm locked around my waist tightened un

tamed fury, shaking my mind so viol

s squeezing past my tightly closed eye

, yanking his hand back as if he had touched white-hot iron. He

e wall, drenched in cold sweat,

. believe