They were a curiosity, and nothing more. The king took the time to inspect them before dinner the next evening. “They are quite exquisite, my dear,” he commented after he ran his fingers over the peaks. Eliane did her best not to flinch at his touch. Lydia held her hair back so it would not hinde...
She stood where Jake left her, with her hurt leg bent so she wouldn’t put any pressure on it and her arms wrapped tightly around her body, as if they could erase the desperate chill that sunk into her soaking wet body. She felt strange, as if she wasn’t in her body, but hovering somewhere above a...