Whiteh
high window, pooling on the polished floor. I stood in the shad
racelet, I hadn't felt triumph.
mage. She was my property, my companion, and by extension, an extension of the House of Whitehead. Any insul
e was just tormenting a human, but she didn't understand tha
had no
fluence of her fam
ps. He bowed low. "Lord Whitehead, your mother, Lady
e was shrewder than Blanche, and colder. She never did anything without a purpose. But what purpose could she
back into the shadows, my mind chu
Mood
ng her to drink some calming herbal
expression carved from stone. "Ava Moody," she announced i
head. Alton's mother. A woman infi
at me with anything other than disdain. I
s particular moment
had wrinkled when she bumped into me. I took a d
ng, winding corridors toward the East
alls watched me pass, their painted eyes cold and
ak like I was before. Whatever
a set of ornate, carved woo
e called from withi
arlor was thick with the scent of expensive, clo
vet sofa, sipping red tea fr
sing me as if I were a piece of livestock
. She left me standing in t
When she finally spoke, her first word
ton will soon be holding a Weaving
ing ce
rituals. A binding of sou
iliation in the great hall.
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