een

vy hand clamping my wrist, where the sickly scen

, my voice quiet

at my tone, but he loosened his fingers, hi

the red mark on my wrist. "Do I need t

ice small and trembling. "Luna, please don't be angry

rectly into Hazen's eyes, I said, "Your privat

he chief physician's office door, shut

I left through the staff exit in the baseme

le for us at that Michelin-starred restaurant in the business district, with a reservation at

of the old Imperial Tea House in the merchant quarter, where an Elder from the werewolf high council was al

his eyes filled with sympathy. "H

ction parchment from my bag and laid i

es the Council's official seal," I said steadily. "I need your seal tod

rass signet of the Council, and pressed

he legal side, Miss Coleen. Keep the decree on you for tonight; the

chment, tucked it back into my bag,

n a tailored black velvet dress, st

walked in, his gaze drifted over the sleek lines of my d

leather-bound book toward me, his tone

ting opposite him with

I'm trying to make things right. How l

pure indifference. "By buying me dinner after spending

He pushed a plate of medium-rare tenderloin toward me. "E

eat, the heavy smell turning my

wn onto the table. "Colee

steady. "Hazen, if this marriage is exha

at his heavy chair scraped lou

ating wall of raw psychic pressure crashi