Marlon wasn’t sure what he was planning on doing about Deonna, but he knew she couldn’t stay in the shack apart from the manor any longer. It was way too risky having her there when the duke and most likely his men, were going to be lurking around the manor. The last time he had a visitor at the manor, he somehow stumbled across Deonna in the shack, and he wasn’t going to allow that to happen again. He was relieved when Dr. Lovewitt channeled him through the wolf’s link about Mateo’s condition, only a few hours after the Roessler boys had left to gather as many strong wolves as they could. “I was able to rid him of the poison. He’s back to breathing on his own and his fever had gone down a lot. I’m going to keep an eye on his condition a bit longer before returning him to you. So far, he hasn’t been detected by others though. I’m trying to keep it that way, but he grows hot with the bonnet, so I had to remove it a few times,” Dr. Lovewitt said. Marlon couldn’t help but roll his eyes

Marlon had no idea what was going on with Deonna, but he couldn’t ponder too much about it. She was fine the night before during their night of passion; he even went as far as to tell her of his feelings towards her. Granted he probably shouldn’t have done that because she was right, she was a slave. But she was also more to that to him; it took him up until recently to admit that to himself. But his wolf had always known that and has been trying to tell him that since Deonna arrived.Now, she was acting cold and distant towards him. Perhaps his confession rubbed her the wrong way, and it took until this morning for her to realize it. He worried he came off too strong and that he was losing her forever.He had to brush that thought out of his mind though because, from the sounds of the pounding at the manor, the duke had arrived.Once Marlon reached the foyer, he was faced with the duke and a couple of the duke’s men. A couple of Marlon’s guards stood nearby along with Winston who was

Something was definitely wrong; Deonna has been acting strangely for days and now she’s requesting to go back to her duties in the rose garden with the rest of the maids. It was like she wanted nothing to do with Marlon. It was unsettling for his wolf because neither of them understood what they did wrong.All Marlon has been wanting to do is protect her and it seems as though that was no longer good enough. Or maybe she just doesn’t want to be protected. She spent the majority of her life caring for and protecting herself; after being taken away from her family she hasn’t had anybody except for herself.Marlon watched Deonna often from the window of his study as she worked in the garden. He could see the beads of sweat piling on the back of her neck and dripping into the fabrics of her dress as the heat of the sun poured into her tanned skin. She kept her hair wrapped because the sight of her unruly dark hair was disgusting to the maids. He knew better than to step in to defend her m

“You’re letting Alex care for our son?” I tried to keep her temper in, but I was so hurt and angry with Marlon that I couldn’t help myself.Marlon sat at his desk in his study, wide-eyed, as I stood at the doorway with anger boiling out of me. How DARE he allow Alex to care for our child without consulting me about it first. I know I was only a dirtball slave to him, but I still mattered when it came to the decision-making of MY child.I could feel tears burning in my eyes as I stared at his confused expression. He put down his pen and looked up at me as I stalked towards him.“Alex will be fine. He knows he’d have to answer to me if any harm comes to Mateo,” Marlon tried to defend himself.That wasn’t good enough for me.“You should have told me first. You should have said something. Anything,” I hissed to him.He shot to my feet.“When? You avoid me every time I try to say something to you. When would have been a good time to say something?” He asked, raising his tone.I pressed my

I lay sleeping with Mateo close to me, in the shack. After everything that had happened, everything that I learned, I wasn’t ready to face Marlon again. It was too much for me to handle; he told me he loved me. I know how my wolf feels about him, but I couldn’t bring myself to give into him.What kind of outcome would it end up being? It would result in our deaths, and it wasn’t worth the childish temptations. Plus, I had Petra on my tail, and I couldn’t risk her finding anything more out. Right now, she only thinks everything is just a rumor; she has no proof otherwise and the proof she does have will only get her in trouble.She showed so much interest in Marlon; I had no idea she felt that way. Though I wasn’t surprised. Marlon was as handsome as can be everyone in the kingdom fangirled over him and I could see how some of the maids looked at him as well. Petra was a beautiful woman with her long silky blonde hair and her large breasts that nearly popped out of her maid uniform. Sh