“Gross!” I utter as I remove my hand from her mouth, praying she won’t start wailing the moment her mouth is free. “How will we tell her family?” I hear someone asking. I can’t help but snort at that. They have already paid her parents some of the money for her services, I’m quite certain nobody wi
*Tristan*“Idiot! You poisoned the wrong person,” Emily says.“I didn’t know it was poison. You said they were vitamins. I didn’t mean to poison the Breeder or anyone,” her maid replies.I look down at my clenched fists and see how white my knuckles have gotten. My breath is coming in quick successi
“That’s a great idea, Reece. How will they protect her from poison though?” Mark asks.I nod in agreement. Guards could protect Rose from physical attacks, but not from poison that has been slipped into her food.“Eli, you ask Kelly or Shelby to have someone see Rose's food made personally. They sho
*Eli*“Put her to death?” I say while the other four Alphas have similar outbursts.It’s not fair. King Gene can’t actually think it would be right to kill this poor maid, Tara, when she was just doing what her mistress told her to do.Granted, she should’ve had enough common sense not to put any un
“She’s under a lot of pressure and needs some release,” I counter. “You make up your own mind, Mark, but you’re not going to tell us what to do this time.”He glares at me but says nothing else.“So… you’re going first?” Tristan asks me. I see Reece nod, so I do too. “Well, have fun.”Tristan takes
*Rose* I want to sleep longer, but I can’t. Eli’s shoulder is so comfortable, the few hours of sleep I did get as I was nestled against him was deeper than any sleep I’ve had since the last time I fell asleep in the arms of one of my men. My mind keeps going back to what happened to that poor chef
“I wanna be beating around your bush.” He leans forward, and so do I. Our lips lock, and I am a goner. He pulls me to him, and I willingly leave the warmth of my relaxing bath to climb on top of him. He continues to kiss me, deeper and deeper, his tongue tangling with mine. His hands slide the leng
*Tristan* I need to do something about Emily. I heard her say that she sent that woman in there to kill Rose with my own two ears, and it’s driving me batshit crazy that the king refuses to believe me. It makes me wanna sneak into her room in the middle of the night, put a pillow over her face, an