She’s amazing. I’ve just all but told her I’m keeping secrets from her and she accepts it. Accepts me. The world is messed up. She acts like she’s the one who should have to hide but I get it now. Why should a woman be so ashamed of an act of desperation at such a young age? I’ve done far, far wo...
Ivy cooed to Elsie, rocking her in her arms, but the child was having none of it. She squalled and cried and released little sobbing sounds that wrenched at her heart. Ivy swept a hand over the baby’s hair and put a hand to her rosy red cheeks. They weren’t naturally rosy, however. Bright, ugly ...
All was lost. The poison Margot put in that hair tonic was very powerful. Death awaited Alana as surely as a faery loved to drink. It had to be that evil woman that had done it. There was no poison in the wine. Tèile drank enough of it to know that but one sniff of the hair tonic and she knew it ...
Perhaps there was. It was a little embarrassing but he could not bring himself to care. The street was dark with no traffic. He had been loath to leave her and, in fact, she had begged him not to, but he wouldn’t shame her by sneaking out of her room in the daylight. Better to leave her now and l...
Collapsing to the ground, he knelt in front of his sword, bowing his head to it as he kept his hands around the hilt. God’s blood, he was a beast. He had terrified her, as was his intention, but why then did he feel so much remorse for it? He was performing an act of kindness, releasing her from ...
Antonia gripped the bed sheets around her, feeling that familiar panic rise in her chest. She closed her eyes and opened them again but the darkness remained. Why was it dark? She never slept without several candles burning. She forced herself to take a few deep breaths and stare into the darknes...