The Alpha's Mate
“She looked up, saw Elizabeth, hung up without saying goodbye and scurried from the room.
Charles looked at her and tried to keep a straight face. “I’m impressed,” he said. He started to laugh. “I’ll bet your library was as quiet as a tomb.”
Elizabeth laughed with him, but it sounded false. “It’s the blood.” She lifted her lapel and wrinkled her nose. “It works every time. Let me get you something to eat.”
She went to the refrigerator to pull out two steaks and forgot why she was there. She star...ed at the icy interior without seeing it.
Marshall was alive. She’d made her small sacrifice, lost everything she thought she had and then found out she never had it at all. She wished she’d never come to this place.
“Elizabeth? What’s wrong?”
“Everything, Charles, absolutely everything.”
She took the steaks from the refrigerator. She didn’t know why. “I can’t stay here.”
Charles nodded. “Tell me what you need to do and where you need to be. I’ll make it happen.”MoreLess
Charles looked at her and tried to keep a straight face. “I’m impressed,” he said. He started to laugh. “I’ll bet your library was as quiet as a tomb.”
Elizabeth laughed with him, but it sounded false. “It’s the blood.” She lifted her lapel and wrinkled her nose. “It works every time. Let me get you something to eat.”
She went to the refrigerator to pull out two steaks and forgot why she was there. She star...ed at the icy interior without seeing it.
Marshall was alive. She’d made her small sacrifice, lost everything she thought she had and then found out she never had it at all. She wished she’d never come to this place.
“Elizabeth? What’s wrong?”
“Everything, Charles, absolutely everything.”
She took the steaks from the refrigerator. She didn’t know why. “I can’t stay here.”
Charles nodded. “Tell me what you need to do and where you need to be. I’ll make it happen.”MoreLess
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