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 POVThe Bravern-Fairweather Bash, as Marcy had insisted we call it, had been everything. The mingling of our two magical families, separated from us for so much of our lives, felt like the righting of a simple but powerful wrong. Like the wedding celebration we should have had instead of
Violet’s POVI was pacing the guest bedroom that had been our home for nine days. I knew I was pacing, but I couldn’t stop doing it.“You’re going to wear holes in your cousin’s carpet,” Theo chided.I kept pacing.A knock sounded on our bedroom door. I glanced at my husband as he finished buttoning
Violet’s POV“Let’s warm up with a stream of wildflowers,” Bennett suggested at training the next morning. He hadn’t asked for wildflowers since the first day. It was too easy.He was coming in soft after my hallucination yesterday evening. After Theo cancelled guy’s night so he could spend the nigh
Fighting the urge to hold her, I called Bennett first. By the time the call was over and I was crouching in front of Violet, I could tell that she was coming back to me. She watched as I slowly approached her, reaching her shaking hands out to cup my face.I hated how hesitant I was to let her touch







