"Well, it seems you're not useless after all."

Oh, thank the goddess.

Roman wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed me hard on the cheek. "Tell me, baby, what reward do you want?"

I swallowed down the bile rising in my throat.

With a calmness I didn't feel, I said, "Beta Starke, I don't need any reward other than you telling your men to leave Harper and Damian alone." Roman nodded, then immediately made a phone call to ask his men to withdraw.

Only then did I let out a full sigh of relief. I turned, picked up the drugged glass of wine, and handed it to Roman.

"Roman, would you like to have a drink with me?"

"Drink with you?"

***

what he had expected from the little

she'd come to her sense after

you changed your mind? Are you willing to let me touch you?" She bristled, and her body stiffened. "Beta Starke, I've already

it was back to Beta Starke now. This woman was going to give him

want

human. At the very least, I should offer you a drink as a gesture

case, I'll have

her fingers were trembling. Narrowing his eyes, he took the glass

her chest was rising and falling just slightly too fast. But what really betrayed her was

drink it first." Roman handed the wineglass back

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