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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Callum

Her breath catches the moment the question slips out, like she didn’t mean to ask it. Didn’t mean to reveal herself to me.

I brush a kiss over her full lips and make sure my tone is light and teasing, bringing us back to neutral, because I know neither of us can really go there.

We’ve found solace this week in our physical connection, and it is easier to come back to that than try to figure out if there could truly be something more here.