Melindana’s POVJulie was already in the wardrobe before I finished taking my bath.I came out with my hair wrapped and she was standing in front of the hanging dresses with her arms folded and her head tilted and her mouth doing the thing it did when she had already made a decision and was waiting for me to catch up to it.“The green one,” she said, without turning around.“I was also thinking the green one.”“I know.” She pulled it out and laid it across the bed and looked at me. “Where are we going.”I sat at the mirror and opened my makeup bag. “I’m going to the palace.”The room went quiet.“Alone,” I added.Julie stood with the dress across her arm and looked at my reflection and I looked back at hers and she pressed her lips together once and nodded slowly.“The King sent for you?,” she asked“Yes.”She set the dress down carefully. “Does Alpha Luca know.”“No.” I picked up my foundation brush. “And you should keep it that way, he doesn’t deserve to know.”She looked at me for
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