There wasn't a chance I'd obey him. He can rot. But I was lying in my chamber. Nervous. See you in my bed. That's what he'd said to me. And what Hawk wanted, he often got. He can't have me. "Mary Mage..." As if summoned by my thoughts, I heard his voice breathing into my room. "It's time you come to me." "Not a chance." I flipped onto my side and yanked the coverlet over my head. "Go away." "You made a vow." "No one said I was a woman of my word!" I defended impudently. "You will be." *** "I'm not coming to you, Hawk. Go away!" "Remember, Mary Mage...I could take you right where you are. r****h you as you lie." "No." I squeezed my thighs closed fearfully. Thinking of how he'd entered my chamber as a water dragon and taken me against my bedroom door