na
. The room was trapped in a suffocating silence,
hifted to my side, and I intended to pr
n face to Lady Rowena's pinched expression. "Since you are so certain that Caitlynn has lo
dy Rowena's voice
ps. "Let's make a wager. With the d
lynn was indeed pregnant and has miscarried, then I, Fiona Avery, will r
na stared, their eyes wide with disbelief. To wager my
ed at me, her eyes filled with a new, franti
of the bargain. My voice dropped, honing to a sharp, dangerous edge.
k her. "Then she, an Omega who dared to slander a royal, will be handed ove
es, will pay the price for your foolishness and your offense. And," I added, each word a ha
gamble they could not refuse wi
For the first time, he truly began to wonder if he had been played for a fool. He glanced at C
but they were in too deep to back down now. To refuse the wager wou
splaced bravado. "We accept your wager! I look forwa
my side. "Gamma Hull, will you se
nality. "I will be more than a witness. I will be the enforcer. Wh
y possibility of the Mayers back
, followed by an elderly man with a kind but weary face, carrying a worn leather medical
," Astrid announced
in an instant: the enraged Bowen, the terrified Rowena, the Gamma of the Shado
the room tu
color drained from her own. She went stark white, a b
e of dread washing over his face. He finally,
ook of pure fury, a silent, desperate command to h
eeping woman. "Doctor Foster, thank you for coming. If you would be so k
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