nna

r. I twisted the hilt of the bloody dagger in my pal

took a slow step toward Carmella, keep

jumped out in front of her, puffing out her fat chest as

wn two eyes!" Helga spat, raising her chin arrogantly. "Madam was kind enough to feed a pair of wolfles

pping forward, I swung my left arm backhanded and sla

ce-first against the stone wall. The red wooden box she had been clutching flew from her hands and skidded to th

ing dog get to open its mouth?" I glanced down at

ward. Her heel caught on the hem of Bianca's blood

nal servant!" Shivering with anger, Carmella raised the l

he whistling tip of the whip midair,

f her feet. She flew forward with a shriek and spra

lanted my boot squarely on the center of her spine,

r, Bianca tugged at the hairpin with her free ha

back and turned my head toward Bianca, l

wall this morning, were you not acting like t

hand and delivered two crisp, heavy slaps, left a

ood soaked through the white cloth instantly. Bianca howled like a slau

u ever lay a single finger on him again, I will

wn at Carmella writhing beneath my boot. "Now, te

part into a messy bird's nest around her face. "That is a

sharp creak. Carmella screamed in pain and frantically pointed a trembling fi

alked over and hooked the lid of th

with an ancient wolf totem. It was mounted on a thick vel

f my nose. That was the keepsake left behind by my late mot

losed my fingers tightly around its cold metal

of her messy hair, and yanked her head back, forcing her to look up at me. "This is the pureblo

ella shrieked. "I kept it on the ve

t as if it were your own. That

o smash it into her teeth, a furious roar

do you think you are doi

her, Josephus Sears, stormed into the corridor surrou