The Wicked Gift

The Wicked Gift

Author: Maren Ellsworth Listening Length: 11h 23m
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The Uprising has torn down Avon’s monarchs and tied the first presidential race to a brutal decree: each candidate must kill the former ruler of their own province. Callum, son of the newly dethroned king, means to claim his place, yet he cannot carry out that patricide without help. He seeks Lady Caterine, a Gifted c...

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Cate

I release the stays of my lace bodysuit, letting it drop to the floor. I scoot back onto the edge of the bed, needing the space from him, yet wanting his hands on my body already, lying to myself about how much I ache for him.

He surprised me earlier with his frank apology, the way he seemed to take in my words and my story without insisting on his own version.

At the orphanage, I could see how seriously he was absorbing the details, how the circumstances didn’t sit right with him.