Ada had been up for hours, even before the six o’clock summons, lying in her narrow bed in a cramped attic room she shared with the two other temporary maids. By rights, she ought to have fallen into a dead sleep last night. It’d been months since she’d acted as a housemaid, and working as a cler...
His attention was solely pinned on Daphne, staring at him with a look of guilt and horror. The necklace in his hand felt like a rope of fire. Another deception she’d used on him. Hell—what was this sensation between his ribs? To become a Man O’ War, he’d had to endure an hours-long implantation p...
Jack watched Eva’s face as the train slowed, looking for any hint of what she might be thinking. She kept her expression so damn cool, though. She could be planning his murder or an afternoon tea. Either was a possibility. Her gaze stayed on the windows as the platform at King’s Cross Station sli...
Mara studied her reflection in the mirror, a knowing smile curving her lips. It was dangerous, what she was doing, but she couldn’t stop herself. After breaching Ilden’s Lash, she’d seen the raw hunger and need in Kell’s face, and the same impulse that had her laughing all the way through the ban...
After the war council had broken, Catullus immediately went to where herbs and chemicals were stored for making medicine and tinkered with them until he was satisfied. Though he had explained to her how the combinations of substances worked, she did not quite fathom all the complex reactions or h...
She found none. Under her hand, she felt Nathan change. A warm mist swirled, the fur at her fingertips shifted to smooth skin, and then he stood in front of her as though to shield her from the Earth Spirits. She was the one who was armed, but still, he guarded her, sending a challenging glare to...
Perhaps it was because of the unfamiliar bed—much more narrow than the one she’d been used to, and the mattress was stuffed with what felt like straw and rusty tacks. Her mind had played and replayed all the strange scenes she’d witnessed over the course of the day. Questions about her missing fo...