na's
and sharp, thick with the indus
chest felt pinned under an invisible weight whi
m as steel bit into my wrists where my pulse hammered against the heavyely while a snarl built in my throat-a sound that belonged to her before it bel
inct scent of ceda
ead bulb buzzed with a dying inse
d from ice, staring at my feet as though I were a
voice carried from somewhere to my
ainst the grime of the room, she stood bes
keeping her eyes wide open to lock them onto
or resist her advan
d mine, looking entirely flat and cold with
ed like excitement, though it was closer to pure hunger. "Let us not waste the moon,
hite lab coat while carrying a tray of instruments with the ease of someone who had p
heavily in my chest, r
k. "You marked me yesterday and claimed
e wall while his jaw worked once before going completely still. "Yo
" I pleaded, "while they
rked, leaning over the operating table un
ing the raw desperation underneath
f every defense. "Just let me go, and I will head straight to
ief surprise crossed her features befo
spered in my ear. "You think thi
esh mate mark on my neck-the very mark Lucas
g the womb, the name, and the bloodline, a
s finally spoke up, mo
ered in my chest bef
hispered softly. "You to
though the air around me had begun to burn. "I do love you." He swallowed hard. "Father is dying, and this sacrifice bu
mpletely limp anal pack mantra under his breath, acting like a man who had decided the
lence fell o
cold blad
bdomen, causing my vision to white out a
body, feeling as if the core heat were
," Morrigan wh
hat contained a thick, pulsing gold liquid rather than red blood, light
t, the hum in the r
sing from deep beneath the floorboards as if the
concussive force slamming against the windows to shatter the g
t sight of their faces, though I heard the metal tray crash loudly t
icked. "It is burning str
until I could no longer feel the ope
r its own massive weight, watching the golden light leak from my wound t
rt stu
ped com
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