Ilona andrews blood heir6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() It was a man’s face now, with harsh edges and defined angles, and eyes that radiated authority and power. The beauty was still there, in the bottomless eyes under the sweep of dark eyebrows and in the perfect lines, but his face had gained strength. He stared at me, and I had no choice but to stare back.Īscanio had been beautiful as a teenager, almost androgynous. Time stretched, slow and viscous like molasses. Sometimes when I looked in the mirror now, I didn’t know me. My heartbeat sounded too loud in my ears, but it was slow and steady. You’ve never seen me before.Īscanio inhaled deeper. He was downwind from me, and the night breeze had brought him my scent. We’d met when I was fourteen and he was fifteen, and we’d spent a lot of time together. I made a conscious effort to not hold my breath. Apparently, he’d gotten what he wished for and all the headaches that went with it.Īscanio turned back to me and looked me over, slowly. He’d wanted that spot more than anything. When I left, Andrea and her husband Raphael, the alphas of Clan Bouda, were grooming Ascanio for the beta spot, which would’ve made him second in the chain of the clan’s command. So, stopping me was an unsanctioned bit of fun. ![]() ![]() “Please, tell me more.”Īscanio glanced at the boudas by the bridge. ![]() “Now, that’s an interesting development,” Ascanio Ferara said. ![]()
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