로그인"Excuse me?" Alerion turned slowly to face him.
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~Valeria~ Alerion looked ready to kill him. “You are doing no such thing.”“The hell I’m not. I swore to protect her, remember? Or does that oath only matter when you’re the one talking?”Lysander snorted. “Honestly, I’d pay to watch the two of you get locked in separate rooms before this turns into a full mating season disaster.&rd
~Valeria~ “The man spent years making himself everybody’s problem. I’m not exactly crying over his turn.”I stared at all three of them in disgust. “So this is it? You hear your father is being tortured and all you have are smug little comments?”Alerion’s eyes met mine at last. “Do not make the mistake of calling him that like the
~Valeria~ Moments after the meeting ended, we were outside ready to head home when a figure suddenly flew over the outer wall and hit the ground hard.My heart dropped so fast it scared me.Who the hell was that? Was he dead? &ldqu
~Valeria~Connor folded his arms and glanced between me and Dad with open disappointment. “First, you defend them. Then you let them turn a preparation meeting into a public circus. Forgive us if we question whether either of you understands what this ceremony demands.”Zane took a step forward. “Show them respect, old man or I’ll teach you the right way to speak.”
~Valeria~ “I do not care what title or identity you think I lack,” Alerion said. “None of that changes the fact that I will protect Valeria. Your approval means nothing to me. If she wants me beside her, that is where I’ll stay.”Silence followed.
~Valeria~Dad gathered the royal old troops for a preparation meeting for my restoration ceremony, and one scornful look thrown at the guys told me they were not welcome here.“What exactly are Cassian’s sons doing here?” one of the troops demanded. “Guards, send them out.”Zane let out a hum
~Valeria~You ever feel like the goddess is just waiting for the perfect moment to ruin your day?Yeah. That was exactly what happened the second we spotted the finish line.We were so close, closer than I ever thought we could be.I knew Zane and Lysander were also dreaming of the moment they woul
~Valeria~I never thought I would ever be in the right position to say this but school wasn’t so bad anymore. My grades started topping the charts and it was all thanks to my charming professor which you can already guess.Caius.He was patient with me even when I accepted my failure. He made every
~Valeria~Zane swept me off my feet the day he sent a servant with a gift box and a text that read, There’s a dress in there, please wear it. I wanna take you somewhere.The servant didn’t say anything else about where he was taking me to. And maybe I should’ve sent the gift back. Maybe I should’
~Valeria~“What is that supposed to mean? If you weren’t such a loser, maybe you’d have been my knight in shining armor…” I eyed him with all the disdain I could muster.Then a flash of realization hit me, and my eyes lit up with an idea. I gritted my teeth, unable to stop the bitter words that sli







