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Lucien ground out, annoyed as much with his own show of weakness as with her perfidy.

“You know they do not,” she answered coolly.

“I think you are lying. Do not disappoint me, Alayna. You have always been brutally honest.” He forced himself to relax his grip, sending her stumbling back. “So tell me, what may I do to please you?”

Her lip curled as she tilted her head to its familiar angle. “Why do you keep taunting me in this cruel game? I cannot wait to be rid of you! You will regret it when my mother arrives.”

“And what do you imagine will happen then, my lady love?” Dension dripped from every word.

Alayna did not flinch She leveled her emerald gaze at him and said, “Then I will see your head served to me upon a silver platter for what you have done…!”