Marisol thinks about Lily's words until night falls and darkness paints the corners of her room. It looked like keeping an eye on Cedric had worked, but uncertainty lingered. Could it really be that her presence had influenced a change in his actions? If so, why and how did that come to be? Maybe it
"Your wolf can crave all it wants. I won't be part of your twisted dinner plans."Cedric pauses to fix her with a penetrating gaze. "You're stubborn, I'll give you that. But hunger has a way of breaking even the strongest of wills."Marisol scoffs, eyes everywhere except at the feast spread out on t
There's a beat of silence where Cedric looks caught between a plethora of emotions he should be feeling at her answer until she adds, "But I won't be staying here either."Cedric chuckles, a low, menacing sound that bounces around in the expansive dining hall. "You're brave, I'll give you that," he
The next few days breezed past like the wind and Marisol would like to describe them as uneventful, but she knew it was far from that. As much as she hated to admit it, Marisol and Cedric had developed some sort of arrangement. They would spend their nights together in the throne room, with Marisol
There's a beat of silence where Marisol struggles to make sense of it all, and then, despite herself, Marisol bursts into an uncontrolled laughter, the sound holding a mixture of her relief and amazement at the completely unexpected turn of events as it spills out into the room like a joyous symphon
Fatigue seeps into her muscles, a yawn leaving her lips as she pushes to her feet and stretches wildly. Done for now, she tries to clean up the mess they'd made of the throne room, but Cedric's wolf follows again, nudging her stubbornly until she gives up.Earning her attention, it walks to the door
Marisol frowned, a scoff leaving her lips at the question and attitude, resisting the urge to roll her eyes back at Sophia. She makes a move to walk away, but Caleb steps forward, blocking her path."What did you do to keep Cedric at bay?" Caleb's voice is firm, his eyes piercing as he studied Maris
Looking back at it now, Cedric finds that he had no idea what had come over him that led him to interfere and stand up for her. All he knew was that he'd been overcome with a very violent anger, infuriated at the fact that Caleb's mate had been talking down to her. But why? Why had he felt the need