Evelyn
Even though I’m the one who suggested returning to the training grounds, part of me is disappointed when that’s exactly where Alexander leads me the next morning. I’m already familiar with this part of the palace, and I was hoping to be brought somewhere new that might inform my next escape plan.
“You’ll train with me in the mornings,” he tells me as we exit his palace into the Royal Gardens. “Tomorrow, there’s a banquet for which you’ll join me, the day after there’s a meeting with the ministers you can attend, and there’s another banquet next week, too. Will that satisfy your need to get out of my bedroom?”
Before I can answer, he mutters, “Though after last night, I’m half-tempted to spend the rest of my life holed up in that bed with you.”
I give him a challenging smile, ev
