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Chapters (68)
  1. Biding Time
  2. Dedication
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Prologue
  5. Chapter One
  6. Chapter One
  7. Chapter Two
  8. Chapter Three
  9. Chapter Four
  10. Chapter Five
  11. Chapter Six
  12. Chapter Seven
  13. Chapter Eight
  14. Chapter Nine
  15. Chapter Ten
  16. Chapter Eleven
  17. Chapter Twelve
  18. Chapter Thirteen
  19. Chapter Fourteen
  20. Chapter Fifteen
  21. Chapter Sixteen
  22. Chapter Seventeen
  23. Chapter Eighteen
  24. Chapter Nineteen
  25. Chapter Twenty
  26. Chapter Twenty-One
  27. Chapter Twenty-Two
  28. Chapter Twenty-Three
  29. Chapter Twenty-Four
  30. Chapter Twenty-Five
  31. Chapter Twenty-Six
  32. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  33. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  34. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  35. Chapter Thirty
  36. Chapter Thirty-One
  37. Chapter Thirty-Two
  38. Chapter Thirty-Three
  39. Chapter Thirty-Four
  40. Chapter Thirty-Five
  41. Chapter Thirty-Six
  42. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  43. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  44. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  45. Chapter Forty
  46. Chapter Forty-One
  47. Chapter Forty-Two
  48. Chapter Forty-Three
  49. Chapter Forty-Four
  50. Chapter Forty-Five
  51. Chapter Forty-Six
  52. Chapter Forty-Seven
  53. Chapter Forty-Eight
  54. Chapter Forty-Nine
  55. Chapter Fifty
  56. Chapter Fifty-One
  57. Chapter Fifty-Two
  58. Chapter Fifty-Three
  59. Chapter Fifty-Four
  60. Chapter Fifty-Five
  61. Chapter Fifty-Six
  62. Acknowledgments
  63. Other Titles by Lyn Gardner
  64. Going on Red
  65. Choices
  66. Born Out of Wedlock
  67. Give Me A Reason
  68. Mistletoe

Prior to becoming Max’s student, Bennett’s only duties were to empty and clean his chamber pot and shadow his every move, Max believing the sheer boredom would drive the woman insane. Thankfully, it hadn’t, and seeing no need to have what he hoped to be his prize pupil cleaning up his slop, Max assigned that task to someone else and loosened his leash on Bennett. He announced to his coven and servants that the woman’s position would no longer be that of a slave but rather a student, and while several grumbled and groused, all knew better than to question Max’s decision. He was their patriarch. He was their employer, and there would be hell to pay if anyone disobeyed him. Bennett, however, had been born a peasant, and seeing herself as anything else would not happen overnight.

Instead of the hardened bread crusts and vegetable porridge that had become her staple, Bennett was given fresher bread and stews containing bits of meat and potatoes. Twice a day, peasant servants would attempt to fill her bowl, only to be shooed away so she could do it herself, and when it came time to clean her spoon and bowl, it was Bennett’s hands in the water. They would enter her room to clean her chamber pot, only to find it already emptied. They’d come to gather dirty clothes only to find them already clean, and the four buckets allotted to Bennett to hold water for washing or drinking, she would fill from the barrel in the kitchen herself, refusing their help no matter how many times they asked. Their side-eyed looks of contempt gradually morphed into ones of admiration, for while Bennett’s status had changed in Max’s eyes, it hadn’t in Bennett’s.

Despite Max’s schedule being from dusk to dawn, he no longer saw the need to force Bennett to follow it to the letter. He told her that when he retired to his chambers to sleep away the day, she did not have to do the same. She could remain in the study if she liked or even roam the rooms in the castle to stretch her legs as long as she got enough sleep to be sharp for the next night’s lessons.