LOGINTheodore’s POVI looked around the rich wood paneling of the conference room. This was one of the rooms in the royal palace that I had thought to be superfluous at first. Why have a room specifically for business meetings when there were twenty-some other places to gather in this unnecessarily large
Theo stood, and I returned my attention to him as he offered me his hand. I took it, leaning into him more than usual as I stood.Holding me close, pressing our bodies together, Theo tilted his head up to the striking sun. “Do you feel that?” he asked. “The warmth of the sun?”I closed my eyes, a si
Violet’s POVInstead of lunch plans, Theo told Marcy and Aunt Marissa that we would back for dinner with both the families. Then my husband dragged me around the market, picking up a loaf of warm bread, some cheese, dried meats, fruit, and a hand-woven blanket that was the same red and yellows as ou
“You alright?” I asked them both.Colby blinked and gathered himself, nodding once. Sinclair’s gaze snapped to mine with something like rage in them. I wasn’t sure if it was for letting such young kids fight or from hiding this from them up until now.He seemed to remember himself though, remember h
Theodore’s POVThe next morning, everyone gathered at one of Violet’s cousin’s farms in town. It was the only place big enough to showcase what they’d been learning. Apparently, they were used to training on Uncle Caleb’s farm, but since everyone was already gathered here, we would make do.Violet a
Violet’s POVI had to be careful.I knew I had a bias toward women. Everything I’d said to Olivia Bronson at the royal palace had been true. I did relate her.Growing up as an incredibly capable woman in a world where women weren’t expected to be capable was suffocating. I was desperate to change th
Theodore’s POVAfter two and a half days off from trying to save my wife, child, self, and kingdom at large, I was ready to get back into the archives. I was less excited for Violet to join me, but she insisted that if she could train with Bennett through her morning sickness, then she could read th
And even though it didn’t solve anything or temper my fear, knowing that I wasn’t alone in it provided a relief I didn’t need to understand.I reached up to kiss him chastely, then settled into the strong breadth of his chest. “I learned something else of interest from Marissa,” I shared.“Oh?”I no
I gave him a teasing smile in an attempt to lighten the mood. “Weren’t you eight?”Uncle Trenton nodded his head. “Eight is plenty old to know the difference between right and wrong. Besides, we could have come for you any time before you became an adult, which means any time before I was twenty-six
Theodore’s POVThe second Lillith finished telling me everything, I couldn’t have imagined facing my relatives that my father had kept from me. But when they came out to meet me, I saw my guilt reflected in all their eyes. I felt guilty for not protecting them from my father and brother, just as the







