Chapter 36
I couldn't sleep. Every time I closed my eyes, I remember kneeling in front of Damon. I heard his cold voice calling me his tool.I felt the shame all over again, like everyone was watching me and judging me. My chest hurt from the humiliation. Around midnight, I gave up trying to sleep entirely and moved to the sitting room. The palace was quiet, eerily so. No footsteps in the corridors. No sounds of life. Just silence and shadows. I stared at the fire as it slowly died. Then I felt it. Wrong. Something was wrong. My wolf stirred uneasily inside me. “Danger.” I stood up slowly, every sense suddenly alert. The shadows in the room seemed darker than they should be. Thicker. Then I saw it. Movement. Just a flicker at the edge of my vision. I spun, shadows instinctively flaring ar
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