Cronan’s POV
The Circle of Kings have requested my presence.
But at what cost?
I’ve considered . . . stepping down from the throne.
I’d never considered that as an option in my entire life but with Violet . . . I just couldn’t stop thinking about what Cliff had said. The accusations he’d thrown. He wasn’t wrong when he’d gotten upset about getting her involved with our world, our politics.
Humans aren’t highly regarded in our society.
They’re just tools.
Food.
“Blood bags”.
I won’t be able to be . . . soft toward her in public.
And there will be expectations about how I treat Aurelia as well. She’s a Pureblood. She is queen—as is customary, she should take priority.
But she doesn’t.
Won’t.
I’m not like my father.
I co
