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
Violet’s POVMy car slowly crawled up the hill toward the gates to Mel Rimanea. I had been so touched to see the noble people ahead of me offering rides to the residents from the settlement walking beside them. By the time I pulled up, there was only one resident left, the last one who had waited to
Theodore’s POVEva hadn’t said anything to me the entire way to the new town Abigail and Ben had agreed to name Mel Rimanea. In fact, she’d hardly said anything to me for three days – ever since she’d first heard the rumor that Violet was pregnant.The rumors on social media pointed out that all of
But of course, those words existed only in my memory. None of the press microphones had picked them up.When I had nodded in agreement, he had dropped his hands from my face. With a firm hand on my lower back, he had guided me behind closed doors.I couldn’t explain to Dorian and Seraphine what had
Violet’s POVAt the desk in my study, I rewound the footage of my speech at the Vainthott Estate yesterday.“You’re watching it again?” Lily asked from the other side of my desk where she stood a step behind Kincaid.“I told you both you could sit,” was my only response.They didn’t sit.I pressed p







