Episode 63

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SASKIA'S POV

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"Is it what you can share with me?"

I hold my breath before choosing to share some of the truth with Wade. I muse that he deserves that much from me. "The message was from Absalon. He said that he'd sent me a gift, and for that, I owed him."

"What!" The chair crumbles to the ground with a muffled thunk as Wade ejects himself off it curtly. "What the hell kind of gift could that be?"

"You tell me." I sigh, keenly aware of the blank letter burning a hole through the bottom of my suitcase. It's not happening, but I'm on the cusp of melting into my bed like cheese in fondue at my duplicity.

Note to self: "you suck at lying, Saskia."

"You should share this with the Alpha."

"My father?"

"No, your husband." I expect a smile or swish of the brow, but his expression remains grave. "Mikael might know what to do since he's the sworn enemy of the wizard."

I survey my short, neatly filed nails. It's been a while since a nail polish brush met their canvas. Might hav