Everly walked out of the kitchen, her face a mask of fury. She could not believe her mate would mark her forcefully. She wanted to slice him through with a sliver knife and kick him in the balls so hard they retreated inside his groin, never to be seen again. 'That seems rather harsh, don't you think? One day you'll come to like my balls,' Alexander's voice spoke in her head. 'Get out of my head, or so help me, I will kill you in your sleep,' Everly replied viciously. She wanted to stab him and to add insult to injury, he was listening in to her thoughts, making his own unwelcome observations. She held onto a tray of snacks. There were two other maids bringing up the additional trays and they walked toward the room that Francesca would call her own. Everly marched down the hall with fir

