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

me as he could be. “You asked me not to

just wanted him

your maids

don’t trust

focused on me again. “The

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

have

why I thought you should

let them win like that, by scaring me

Everyone knows I’ll be the

“You seem certain.”

as a publicity

in acknowledgement but didn’t

and with that warmth, sleepiness

filters fell away, and words came much

be happy with the

me a curious

the attention of three men

you ever supposed to find someone

royal family needs a strong public image. The

kingdom might depend

into your lives after you found the right person

found our mates on our own,

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