Bound to the Alpha King novel · Chapter 20 of 24
Chapter 20: The Other Heartbeat
The snow was so cold it felt warm.
I lay on my back at the foot of the Moon Stone with the sky wheeling over me and both hands pressed to my belly.
Blood ran hot between my fingers.
Far off, I heard swords.
Gisbert stood over me, wiping his little dagger on a white handkerchief.
"Leave her," he said to the hooded man. "She will be gone within the hour."
"And the boy?"
"Bring him down to the Houses at dawn.
"A confessed poisoner needs to be seen to hang."
He pulled his fur collar up and started down the north path without a backward glance.
He was in a hurry.
I understood why.
When the sun came up the stones would be counted.
A Chancellor who brought news of two deaths could take the crown before anyone thought to look for proof.
The hooded man hauled Tobren up by the collar.
My brother had been quiet.
Now he drove his head back into the man's face with a crack I could hear over the wind.
The hooded man swore and dropped him.
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