Page 167 of Iris
Let her go,I think, but I can’t bring myself to say it.
We drink quietly, letting her sleep. I tell him about what Iris had said about her brother’s forced betrothal, the upcoming meeting with the Monarch, and the need for rare rum. I tell him we need to stop this mate bond from happening, but all he says that it needs to be up to her.
And he’s right. It does.
It’ll be what she decides that will determine what we do next, but ultimately, the choice is hers.
I just hope she’s brave enough to make it.
Killian and I take turns napping ourselves, our body’s exhaustion too hard to ignore. It isn’t until the quiet hour between the night and dawn that I wake her.
I sign to her, but when she looks at me in confusion, I take out my phone instead. I type it out so that the robotic voice can talk for me.
She frowns. “But….”
“Here.” Killian enters the cellar room again, this time with the Siren rum in hand. Even I can hear the sadness and regret in his tone. “For your appointment with the Monarch.”
I try to tell myself that if she chooses to mate with an Alpha from the Upper Side, it’s for the best. It’ll be okay, and Killian, Emmie, and I will just move on with our lives the way we have always planned to do.
But I know… Iknowthat no matter what happens after today, my heart will forever and always be hers.
Okay, Hivemind, you won’t leave me alone.
You thirst for the hottest of the hot teas. So after some poking into dark and dangerous corners, I, your favorite Queen,
bring you news.
But first, do you want to know how the rest of the ball went?
False alarm about baby. Violet’s in the hospital being checked over but is expected home and into the arms of her swoon-worthy and devoted mate soon.
All you Violet and Stephan fans out there—RELAX.
All is good at the Ashford homestead.
But other things did happen last night.
Oh yes.
There has been, I’ve heard, a kidnapping.
You heard me right!
A kidnapping in boring old Sabine!
Who was it?
One of the candidates to fill Council Adams’s spot has disappeared.
Robert Vanellen.
To make things even more juicy,
Nightshade is taking responsibility for the kidnapping.
What are the demands?
