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When he opened his eyes, they were calm. ‘My coffee makes him calm,’ she thought in her mind. “Is everything okay?” she asked him. Her voice was low and soothing. Her tone was filled with nothing but obedience. Bryan put the coffee mug on the desk and glanced at her. He reached out to touch…

His gaze slowly moved to her lips, and he leaned over them again. She shut her eyes as his lips began to move against hers. No matter how much she tried to make up her mind, his one touch had the ability to melt her entirely. It was a rough kiss. He was expressing all…

He broke the kiss, leaned down, and began to kiss her breasts again. She saw him rolling his tongue over her upper breasts. She wondered what he would do to her when he got to see them entirely. “Aahhh!” Her moan echoed there when he sucked harshly on her skin. “You dared to seduce another…

“All the cells are currently filled.” “In that case, we had better empty them, hadn’t we?” His uncle shook his head. “Thelonius…your father will not support that.” Leo looked up at him. “My father is no longer king. I do not require his support.” “But if you-“ “Take him to the dungeon,” Leo said again….

Caspen wasn’t killing Bastian quickly-that would have been a mercy, and he owed nobody his mercy. His father would be alive when he cannibalized him. Tem understood that it was Bastian’s punishment. It was only fair. It was exactly what Caspen had just watched him do to Tem. Tem couldn’t save Bastian. She didn’t want…

But Tem shook her head. Leo didn’t know what he was signing up for, didn’t know that the crest would bind him to her. And yet Caspen was right. What was Leo’s love for her if not another version of a bond? He had already pledged himself to her-already married her, for Kora’s sake. She…

“Leo,” Tem whispered, knowing that her words would bind him, that he would have no choice but to obey. “I want you to find Evelyn. I want you to choose your future.” A slow, relaxed smile broke across Leo’s face. It wasn’t joyous exactly. Merely peaceful. “I don’t know where she is, Tem.” “Your father…

“How will I know what to do?” she asked. “Your instincts will tell you.” Tem sat up, touching the necklace. She remembered how the wires were fused to her father’s hands, how the gold had seeped out of them. Without another word, she concentrated. Caspen was right; her instincts took over, and she knew what…

“I cannot protect you both at the same time, and I know she wants you to live. Go.” It was as close as Caspen would ever get to telling Leo that he mattered. For a moment, the two men simply stared at each other. Then Leo placed his own hand on Caspen’s shoulder. Neither of…

“I can do this,” Tem said. Both men stared at her. “You can do anything, Tem,” Caspen said quietly. “Of that I am certain.” The gentle clinking of a glass broke the moment. Maximus was standing on the edge of the stage, facing the aisle. “Ladies and gentlemen,” he said, his voice floating over the…