Se connecterTheodore’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 POVI opened the door to none other than the High Priestess. My reaction shifted quickly from surprise to confusion to hope combined with concern as I remembered two very important details.First, that Violet had shared back in Owen’s palace that the High Priestess agreed Eva was a fake m
Theodore’s POVI chopped the boren mushrooms while the spies slept. I was pretty sure none of them knew the difference between regular and magical ingredients, but I tried to meal prep while they slept just in case. The boren mushrooms had such a strange, gangly shape, but they had come to be one of
I certainly would have heard an earful from him by now about hiding things from him if that had been the case.So for now it seemed the only people who knew everything were me, Theo, and the High Priestess. Sophia and Dahlia knew something was up, but they didn’t have all the details. I wondered how
Violet’s POVIf Theodore knew I had another man’s hands on me, there’s a pretty good chance he wouldn’t be making it off my property alive.The man I hadn’t met before today applied just the right pressure, and a moan escaped my lips – loudly.“Really, Vi?” Lily teased from somewhere else in the gre







