My eyes went wide. As poor as I felt, I still pushed myself upright on the bed – until he placed a hand on

my shoulder and eased me back down.

“I won’t give up,” I told him. “I can’t.”

“I wouldn’t ask you to, except for your own safety, Piper. If you truly don’t care about being Luna, like you say, then you should care more for yourself. The people here only want to do you harm.”

“It doesn’t matter what happens to me. Can’t you see? I will stay. I’ll do anything they want to make sure

that Elva continues to get the best medical care.”

“Even if this happens again?”

“Even then.”

Crossing his arms, he let out a quiet sigh. “I’d forgotten how stubborn you could be.”

“Only with important things.”

I felt a bit strange with him standing so rigidly beside the bed while I was within it. I motioned toward the

edge of the bed.

“You can sit if you want.”

“I shouldn’t,” he said. Yet after a moment, he propped himself on the very edge of the mattress, as far

“You asked

had just wanted him near. “I

sure your maids

trust my

gaze focused on me again.

I smoothed out the blankets on my lap. “Though I guess, even if I had been warned

would have

I thought you should leave.”

win like that, by scaring me off. “I don’t know why they can’t just wait

be the

“You seem certain.”

know I’m only here as a publicity stunt. I’ve served my

acknowledgement but didn’t

beginning to warm up, and with

filters fell away, and words came much

happy with the way things are,” I

gave me a curious

for the attention of three men is so ridiculous. And

supposed to find

“The royal family needs a

kingdom might depend

the public into your lives after you found

our mates on

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