The Midnight Bride
It was the first time I’d ever felt like I had something important to offer my family.
He frowned. “Your duty?”
I watched him, rolling my lip between my teeth. His eyes lowered, catching the moment before they flashed back to my eyes.
“Where I’m from, people marry for love, not duty.”
His words were a mutter, barely audible, but they sent my stomach into a spiral. “Maybe it’s because you’re not a princess where you come from.”
For a moment, Cerus simply stared at me. A beat of silence before he laughed.