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Ava

Was this jealousy? No, it wasn't despite what everyone else seemed to think that it was. It wasn't jealousy. It was caution and dislike. Why would I be jealous of a man around my husband when I already had him? He was mine and I was secure in our love for each other to know that he wasn't leaving me.

But that woman? The one who had her arms wrapped around my husband's neck as if she didn't know he was married now, I didn't like her. Even if she didn't know he was married - duh, everyone in the vampire lands knew - she could see the big wedding band on his finger and I didn't think that she was blind. I didn't think I had ever heard of a blind vampire so she had to have seen the ring on the king's hand but was just pretending not to.

All the soldiers had stopped training the moment she came and I knew, just like I was, they were all curious to know who the lady who had dared to give the king a full-body hug was.

Just like that, as if their curiosity about the lady wasn't enough, th