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
I splintered out of the way as my wife hurlled a trowel at me. She made the tool-turned-weapon vanish before it hit the wall. “You’re getting faster,” she complimented me.“At splintering or figuring out you’re always right?” I asked from right behind her.She spun around in a delighted surprise and
Theodore’s POV“This isn’t ideal,” I grumbled from the edge of our brand-new bed in the royal chambers. The bed was much smaller than the last one, though still unnecessarily large in my opinion. But Owen’s, the one we donated to Mel Rimanea, had been large enough that we could have tossed and turne
I waited for her to contradict me, but she didn’t. Though her smile slowly started to fade.“For women as intelligent as us, having no expectations, no prospects, no opportunities, no challenges, is a death sentence. In your situation, I would have done the same: scraped and clawed for any semblance
Violet’s POVI sat in the royal conference room an hour after Master Remy had completed taking our measurements. Theo sat on my right with Dahlia on his right. Kincaid sat on my left while we waited for our guest to arrive.The tension in the room was thick. No one liked my answer to what would happ







