a P
nd resting on the hilt of his sword. I was treated l
dy were pushed open, the suffocating ten
steward, stood by the walls. In the center of the room, Fleming
shattered innocence. Her white dre
estament to my "cruelty." She was trembling vio
asped in pure terror and shrank behind Flemi
e..." she whimpered,
said fiercely, wrapping his coat around her shiv
delivered his report in
om the cliff edge and managed to pull her up. Lady Carlisle was standing directly
silence descend
er head, tears streami
rner of the room, her voice tr
ady Carlisle," Audrey cried out, a flaw
o push me! She just loves you so much, Gideon. She felt threatened by my
ce in her hands, her
on't want to be the reason your new wife becomes a murdere
ass in psychologi
She painted me as an insane, violently jealous shrew
room was instantan
away with this!" Fleming roared,
ch's life! Look at Audrey's face! Look at the burns on her hands
eous anger. "We saw it at breakfast! Lady Carlisle bullied poor Miss Audrey int
single person in the room looked at me with undisguised
r behind a massive oak desk, completely shrouded in darkness. Th
im was pure, unadulterate
see my own breath. The immense pressure of a pureblood apex pred
eat slid down the
I realized I had made a fat
egotiate with using my medical skills. But looking at the brutal, s
nocence right here, right now, he wouldn't hesitate to appea
pitch-black dungeon, and keeping me barely alive just to drain my blood and extract my
Beaumont would turn to dust, and my fate here would be a
finally leaned forward, the faint ligh
rumble that vibrated through the stone floor. He loo
s beneath your fingernails. Do you have any undeniable
ry. "I did not push
ith lethal mockery. "Then prove it. Because in
, his golden eye d
e. "Strip her of her title. Throw her into the abyssal dunge
ping forward, his heavy gauntle
eming's back, I saw her lips curl i
aura, my draconic blood boiled over. I violently
ut like a shattered crystal, echoi
f the South, my hand slipping in
Carlisle? Then open your eyes. I
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