LOGINI let myself out and stood on the porch for a moment to catch my breath.“You’re leaving already?”I jumped, whirling around to see Nico sitting on a swinging bench off to the side. He was only wearing a sweater, no coat or hat or mittens, his cheeks flushed from the cold. He didn’t seem bothered by
Ellie’s POVStephanie led me through to a sitting room off the front hall and gestured to an armchair by the fire. A tray was already set out on the coffee table between us. I sat, and she poured two cups of steaming tea.“You look frozen,” Stephanie said, sliding a cup across to me. “Drink.”I took
“What do you want?” I snapped.Vivian pulled her head back. Then lifted her wrapped hand. “You are a healer, aren’t you? Or are you going to turn me away?”I sighed, knowing that she was right. Despite our past, it wouldn’t be right of me to turn away a clearly injured person. I’d made a vow when I
Ellie’s POVI’d been up the ridge since first light, so long that my hands had gone stiff and numb in my gloves an hour ago.I told myself I had only come up here, climbing the steep switchbacks that stretched up toward the peak, for the work. The clinic had a small storeroom of medicinal herbs, but
Dominic’s POVI had left Goldenveil a little before midnight and driven straight through the mountain pass. Bad weather slowed us down, snow and black ice coating the winding roads, lengthening our trip by nearly double. Night passed all too slowly, stopping only along the side of the road for a qui
“I knew about her before she ever came up this mountain,” she whispered. “Before Terence did, even. I have ears in places he doesn’t think to look. I tried to deal with it quietly. More than once. It should have been dealt with.” She turned the ring on her finger. “But the little healer has a way of
She smiled. We hadn’t really talked much, so I couldn’t figure out that tight, sugary little smile that made me want to throw salt at her like she was a demon in disguise.“Morning, Ellie,” she cooed. “Thought you should see this.”I looked down.A form. An official one.Conduct Warning — Indecent B
Dominic POV I saw her run.One second I could barely see Ellie through the crowd as my lips left Vivian’s neck. She was just standing there—furious, shaking—and the next she was gone, shoving through the crowd like the lawn was on fire beneath her feet.My chest tightened.Dammit.I didn’t think. I
He leaned in.My blood went cold.He bared his teeth, sharp and white, and sank them into the side of her neck.The crowd exploded.Cheering. Whistling. A few people actually clapped.Vivian gasped and clutched his arm, playing it up for the audience, then giggled breathlessly as he pulled back, her
But Lucas…Lucas was a menace.His grin sharpened the second he spotted Dominic across the ballroom. A spark lit behind his eyes. trouble, mischief, and chaos personified.“Lucas,” I muttered, “don’t start. They just got here, can we just—”He slid his hand lower on my waist.“Lucas.”“What?” he mur







