nor
a blur. My mind was still reeling, trying
Hannah was practically vibrating wi
ed, staring out the window. "T
gut. Why had he agreed so readily? But it was
I needed to go back to that house. My home
to say a fi
them alone. She waited in the car as I walked up the st
s armchair like a king on his throne. My mother, Martha, perched on the edge of the sofa, her face a mask of
e back," Warren said, h
on the staircase. I just wan
, the Alpha authority in his voice m
newel post, but didn't
on a chalkboard. "Behaving like some common tramp. You
turned slowly, my expression a blank wal
avior!" Warren slammed his han
, I know you're hurt. But what's done is done. Ka
ing. It was like looking at a complete
down her cheek. "I didn't mean for it to happen, sister... We
a profound weariness settled deep in my bo
y voice clear and steady, cutting through the thick, d
the room sw
yla, and I let the words drop into the
'clock, I will be at City Ha
It was so complete, I could hear the tic
break, scrambling to his
tared at me as if I'd grown a secon
nd raw, ugly jealousy. Marry Alaric Charles? The thought was so
, her voice cracking. "Mr. Charles w
aw the truth. They weren't worried about m
, the disposable one, had manage
achment I had to this family, to
chaos and started up t
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