Mag-log inTheodore’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
“It’s a disgrace to turn his back on all these children.”“The sad part is that he’s not even aware of his own ignorance.”“He’s clearly paranoid about his brother trying to take his crown. Not once in all these years has he attempted such a thing.”I winced internally at that comment. That opinion
Theodore’s POVWith the sheer volume of people attending Dahlia and Kincaid’s wedding, it took a while for everyone to get seated. I sat in the front row with Dahlia’s immediate family on the other side of Eva to my right and my half-brother on my left. It was tradition for any royalty attending an
“Like a deer in headlights,” I whispered back, and she squealed in delight.Then she looked me over again, her face sobering as she kept her voice low. “Did I miss any… symptoms?”And this was the real reason she was my date when Kincaid couldn’t be: the hallucination protocol. As long as Theo could
Violet’s POVI swallowed my smile at Theo’s promise, hardly able to temper my excitement that we were so close to being reunited.As the crowd began to dissipate, now that Theo had broken up the argument, I took a better look at the other people I noticed who had gathered to back up Ben. One of them







