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Chapter 47 - A Visit from the King
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“I propose that you…offer me to him,” Margot whispers, a little scandalously, “as a gift. Until the wedding. To save your chastity or whatever,” she says, flipping a hand in the air like the details of my reasons don’t matter.“How on earth would we do that?” I whisper.“Easy. The next time he insists you come to bed, just…bring me along. We’ll go from there.”“Margot…” I say, still staring at her in disbelief that this could be…a real offer.“This is what I do, Everleigh,” she says quietly, reaching out and cupping my cheek in her palm. “I give people what they want. What do you think?”I take a long moment to think about my response, about the stakes of this.But really – what could it hurt to try? The worst he can do is refuse the “gift” and then I am precisely where I am. Besides, I’m still planning to leave as soon as I can – perhaps all I need is a distraction to buy me a little more time.“If you’re honestly willing?” I say quietly, hoping my expression honestly conveys that sh
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“Hey Cals!” I say, leaning against my sister’s new bedroom door and grinning over at her.“Everleigh!” she gasps, spinning towards me and then, laughing, dashing over to wrap me in a big hug. “Did you see this room?” she whispers, delighted. “It’s amazing!”“Of course I’ve seen it,” I say, laughing and hugging her back. “It used to be mine, after all.”Callie pulls back an inch and stares at me, her mouth a round little “o,” I think having forgotten that little fact. She turns around, keeping one arm around my waist, looking around the room with new eyes. “Oh, then I like it even more then,” she says, giving a decisive nod. “I love that you have history here.”“History indeed,” I say, my voice low with the understatement. When I was Angeline’s lady, we spent hours and hours here, especially when she and Mal were fighting and she wanted to hide away from him for a bit. For some reason, he never thought to look for her here – like this room, or I, didn’t really exist. But their fights n
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“Whether or not I’d give Coco up is unsubstantial,” I say, waving a hand to dismiss the point again and doing my very best to hide that I’d never, ever – in a million years – let my daughter’s favorite pet be taken from her. “Just…let him know that I’m sympathetic to the idea, okay? And that should it come up in negotiations…” I shrug, “I might be amenable to talks.”“What are you…what are you playing at?” Callie says, the words coming out on the breath of her exhale. “Why do you want him to believe that?”“Because, Cals,” I say, reaching out and putting a hand on my sister’s wrist. “I want peace, and if the Vendans see me as a sympathetic ear on the way to the King, perhaps…I can play a larger role in that peace.”Lies, all of it but…well. My heart sinks when I realize that I’m playing my sister along with the rest of them, but isn’t it worth it, in the end? If I can keep my children safe, get them out of this viper’s nest?“Look at you, Everleigh,” Callie says, laughing a little and
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My legs propel me further into the maze of hedges and plants, my breath tearing at my lungs as I flee from the Alpha chasing me – a man so powerful he could tear me limb from limb with his hands alone - I hear laughter as he draws near – which just makes me gasp for more air, makes me push harder. But a touch on my back, then a brush of his hand against the bare skin above my dress – I give a little shriek as I feel him gaining on me, and I drive myself to a final burst of speed – But it’s a wasted effort. His body slams into mine. A scream rips from me as I feel myself falling, raising my arms to protect my head, my body going rigid in anticipation – But the King wraps his arms around me as I fall, twisting in the air so that I land hard his own flesh instead of the sharp gravel of the path. He’s laughing, then, a cruel, joyful, hungry laugh that reignites my fear. As soon as I realize that I’m unharmed, I rip at the arms that hold me to him, trying to free myself – “Oh, no,” h
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