Oh no. This is going to be a disaster… “You don’t need to worry, Maeve,” the queen said, trying to comfort me. “It’ll only be the family you’ve already met.” The family I already met. I couldn’t help but wonder if that really meant everyone. “Will… Eric be there?” I asked. The queen seemed s
Maeve POV “I’m so relieved to have you here, Maggie,” I exclaimed once we were finally in the car. “The car rides home have been so lonely the last few days.” To be precise, it had been three days since my first almost disastrous meeting with Alpha King Arlan and the rest of the royal family. Th
The moment the spaghetti hit my tongue, I could taste all those amazing flavors… all of the sauce, cheese, and herbs. A small moan slipped past my lips. He grinned at me. “Delicious, isn’t it?” Indeed, it was. But then I detected that ingredient that I couldn’t quite place earlier. And it was—um
Maeve POV “A… date?” I repeated, stunned, not entirely sure I heard him correctly. However, I could not deny the somersaults my heart and stomach made upon hearing those words, nor as I caught that warm glaze in his eyes. “You want to take me out… on a date?” Was this what he had been planning i
A day for just the two of us. Suddenly, any worry in my body vanished, replaced by something light and wonderful, and my heart began to pound for a very different reason. This was going to be not only my first date ever, but it was going to be with Xaden. Before, if I ever fantasized about such
Xaden POV I did it. I asked Maeve out on a date—no guards, no chaperones, and absolutely no interruptions. Just the two of us on a proper outing like an ordinary couple. I couldn’t believe that it had taken so long for me to do so. But here I was, waiting in the grand foyer as she finished get
This was, apparently, our first stop of the day: a small shop on the edge of Mona Road. Despite the normalcy of the location, the butterflies in my stomach fluttered. Being the hopeless romantic I was, I could think of only one activity that involved such a thing, and if my suspicions proved correct
Maeve POV I was not ready. Although I knew on some level that becoming involved with Xaden meant that my life would practically unroot itself and I would be thrust into a world and lifestyle completely foreign to me, I had not fully realized what that would entail. All of the curious stares, the