A Dawn with the Wolf Knight (Married to Magic, #5)

by Elise Kova

“And here I thought that you were a noble witch of character, powerful enough to resist his charm,” he growls. “Excuse me?” Evander stalks over, his muscles rippling with tension. Fists clenched. He looms over me. “You…” “Me? What?” I gather myself and stand a little taller. The only judgment I will accept is my own, and Aurora’s. I’m certainly not giving that power to this brutish lykin. “Did you like the way his tongue in your mouth felt? Did it set you ablaze the way you’d hoped it would?” “What does it matter to you?” I snap. I continue before he can get in another word, “I’ve spent my whole life with people looking at me sideways—for good or ill. With people judging me for all I did and did not do. And you know what? Their assessments of me have made no difference. So what makes you think I will expend any effort to care about yours?” He folds his arms and cocks his head back, pulling away slightly. “What about Aurora? I thought you cared about her.” The words strike me straight through the chest, as sure and true as a hunter’s arrow. “My relationship with Aurora is between her and me alone. Stay out of it.” “Fine. If you wish. Then I won’t concern myself with bringing you to her.” He shrugs. “She would probably be heartbroken, anyway, to find out what you really are.” I still have several choice words for Evander. But there’s only one thing he said that I choose to focus on. “You can take me to her? She’s still here?” “Of course she is. Conri wouldn’t allow her out o...