a's
es and heavy-looking armour. I knew that scary look on their faces; I had
e could not be bridled. Untamed it burst through my veins like t
ould not stop the grin from spreading on my lips. "Where i
d not to be disturbed." One
her guard replied. "Kind
ense their reluctance, and a sliver of impatience moved through me. I peered through the metal gat
of giddiness through me. I could feel my Wolf, j
mbled through the half-open gate and into the compound. A part o
h the familiar corridors to where I knew I would find Luca. On late afternoons like this one, h
siesta. I ran through the corridors, almost tripping
is door made me re
a's room door. It was slightly ajar, and I could see what
anched at the sight. Luca was nothing if not neat;
part of me forced me to stop and wonder. Luca never ever lef
ment? Or had he left the do
ugh my head. Strange sounds began to filter fr
roaning? Was
s thoughts aside, I decide
fingers closed around the warm wooden doorknob, and I pushed i
led out. "Are
e door, the wider my
bed, wrapped in the em
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ovement, the creaking of the bed and the sheets draped over th
my hand, slamming against t
jerky movement reminded me of thunder splitting a tree, of wind tearin
d. I had one hand still on the doorknob,
of shock and a slight anger on his face-apparently his ac
lone in thi
g?" I screamed. "What are y
pushed past Luca, stepping into th
's apathetic face to the woman he had been kissing.
my step-sister, every smug l
" I screame
tiny ball of yarn, until it was nothing but a shadow, a flicker o
ony that seemed t
my father finally agreed to our mating
as going to tell you about our romance." He murmured. "I have been mea
ugh he had practiced his lines before deliveri
ter was your secret lover? That you've been cheat
wiped at them angrily. "Tell me this is s
stead. I could see the satisfied look in her eyes,
e together." He spoke up. "Perhaps
yes, but not a sliver of hope was in his gaze. I knew, there a
them, I turned and dashed out of the r