LANCELOT’S POV: 24 HOURS BEFORE THE WEDDING: “I need to see Eve! Or at least give her a cell phone so we could talk!” I snarl, tears of fury accumulating in my eyes. “Then what? Plan how you could escape again?” Dad shoots back nonchalantly. I grunt. “What’s my guarantee that she will remain alive if I marry Maegan?” “Ah-ah, correction,” Dad begins, wagging his finger at me. “She has to die to free you from her spell after she gives birth. I only agree to let your child live, remember?” How many times do I have to tell them that she never put a curse on me?! “There’s no spell to break. Even if you kill her, our mate-bond will live on,” I counter. Dad sniggers. “Didn’t you say that your mate-bond with Maegan disappeared? And when again? Ah… that’s right! A month after she died. I

