ar

om downstairs-Far enough from Ryker

n silence.

ng there, and no one tried t

er in the bes

ge, staring down at the courtyard below. Everyone looked so sm

as the

H

e behind me nea

turn

his pockets, relaxed like he hadn

ly, stepping closer. "Head

hed him, waiting to see if

he silence. "You're Zarah,

r? May the Moon g

he mute?" he muttered under h

jaw tight. But

he had all the time in the world. He didn't s

expanded. How Ryker was impossible to please. How the kitchen staff made terr

s, right?" he

head turn,

"Ah. That got

just gave a smal

I've got somethin

, then looked back at me, tilting his

es narrowing. W

ut the way he sai

ietly, keeping a

om, he pulled out a ke

oom," he said wi

d was the shelf-tall, packed with books. Without

" I asked softly, the first

"She talks," he said with

utched it to my chest. "Thanks," I m

n I ope

eyes me

away by

into red, then blue. The terrif

in and I

gh to hurt. "What are you doi

answer. I

" Jake stammered, stepping forward, h

cut like a blade. "T

egged, eyes wide with pani

e along. "Watch closely," he snarled,

illed the cellar from bein

oward his feet, tears streaking down my face.

t without even glancing a

one look from the A

reams gre

t the restraints, his screams ho

ists against the bars. "Please

about his innocence?" he said quietly. "You ca

rds bursting out before I could st

that," he growled. "You live under my roof, carry

g yours means, I rath

, barely conscious. Ev

hed, "...Enough,"

inked.

Ryker barked,

rd as the current

adling his face. "Jake.

of my sight,"

If you ever walk into another wolf's room uninvited ag

me and I fell

n I threw one of my shoe at him-

" I choked out, tears spilling. "I'

distance until his face ho

breathing-That irritat