He clenched his teeth and didn’t utter a sound as Katie etched the cayenne permabrand into his arm. Over the months, he’d had a number of tattoos. This was not the same. Adding the cayenne was like adding molten anguish. “Easy.” Katie wrapped gloved fingers around his arm, but he could barely app...
Zeke’s sword flew up, the tip halting an inch before Rhys’s throat. “It’s not her.” “Like it wasn’t her last time?” Rhys asked, but he wasn’t watching Zeke. He was watching Maggie, his gaze mistrustful. “It’s not the same.” Zeke had been careful. He hadn’t pushed himself or Maggie, and his shield...
“I told you not to go out in this weather. I told you you’d bought enough gifts. I told you the healer wouldn’t let you go.” The nurse’s voice faded into a buzz of annoyance as the Queen’s watery gaze fell on her two young daughters, seated on the edge of a divan, their eyes wide with concern. Th...