*Rose* Seeing Reece in the garden with Emily was unsettling, to say the least, and I didn’t give him a chance to explain. I couldn’t just stand there and listen to him try to tell me it wasn’t what it looked like. Unless he wasn’t planning on saying anything like that at all. I rush back to my ro
We get comfy on the bed and watch a funny movie while eating pizza, junk food, and popcorn instead of the formal meals we usually have. We drink way too much soda–though Tristan also has a beer or two–and then we play a video game that he is really good at. Me, not so much. After that, he asks, “Do
*Emily* Sitting in my room, I feel like I can’t breathe. I didn’t sleep well last night as my mind kept going in circles. What does the breeder girl have that I don’t possess in bucket loads? If anything, I am way better than her in every way. Nobody goes against Emily unless they are really stupi
“Didn’t you say you only noticed it was missing this morning?” Damn my cousin for being so observant of the tiniest of details. “No… yes. I mean, we noticed it was missing this morning, but seeing as she snuck into my room last night, we know that is when she probably took it. I fear we are housing
*Rose*“Where are we going?” I ask Reece as he leads me up yet another flight of stairs. This is the third or fourth. I’ve lost count.“I told you, darlin’, it’s a surprise,” he says, and I hear the humor in his voice.I keep walking, even though I’m starting to grow a little weary of climbing, espe
“Well,” Reece begins, and I can hear the hesitancy and the emotion in his voice. “Maybe… if I don’t win… the two of us could… continue to… see one another?”I look up and into his eyes. Is he serious? He wants to see me, after this? After I’ve birthed the king’s baby?All I can do is smile. “That so
*Rose*I welcome the warm sun pouring into my room. I sit on the rocking chair beside the window and watch the fountain below as my mind swims. “I love you…” I couldn’t have dreamt or imagined those words. Eli had said he loved me. Had he only said it as he was still high from the dizzying passion o
I stand at the door looking like a foolish… slutty bunny.My eyes dart around the room as everyone looks at me with bewilderment. When my eyes finally land on Emily, I can see her snickering with her friends. So this is her doing? I wonder how she got the king and king’s guard to go along with this.