esses from them in my past life, moments before Julian

But I want no payment. Instead, make a sizeable don

tely, relief washin

Thorne estate, now a pl

Thorne was scr

and your... your lifestyl

fled despite the chaos, pointed a

a curse on him with her dark ar

o strike Cassie. Arthu

said, his voice strained

ie's venom. I

ic family relic of mine, one I'd managed to keep hidden in m

with a sterilized silver knife,

spare of my own life force into stabilizing him, not healing, just... stabi

t Julian's breathing was eve

nor, who had kep

e raspy. "Our karmic debt, whatever it w

ing down her face. "Than

, preparing to move deeper into the mountai

door bu

his eyes were wild. Cassie clung

re two burly s

w with accusation. "You made me sick so my moth

guards. "Teach her a lesson. Make sure

gged me

in, into my bedroom. I heard her s

held me down while the oth

wn on my hands.

s blinding.

troying my hands, the con

one, they threw

hind her, his arm around her waist. She

ile playing on her lips. "Julian, darling, make he

ood onto

especially one who saved your life, Julian Thorne... you i