She was his and he was hers. They had under-the-skin privileges.

Option 1: Attempt to back out. Probable result: Death after painful torture. Option 2: Do the job and hope. Probable result: Death but probably no torture (good)

You sure got a quick trigger, Sienna," he teased.

He didn't know what else to do, how to comfort her, so he simply held her, held the only person in the world who had ever cried for him

Lifting her head, she joined in as the others in the group began to howl in response to Brace's triumph. The sound was . . . It touched the soul, the music haunting, starkly pure and yet so very earthy.

He was strong. And his heart, it was breaking.

Bluebell, you couldn’t take me if I was blindfolded and had both hands tied behind my back.” “Bluebell?” Illium narrowed his eyes. “That’s it, Barbarian.