KELLEN’S POV
Something in me shattered at her words. I didn’t know if it was sadness, grief or rage, but there was something blooming across my chest.
“Forget about her? You’re asking us to forget about the only person we’ve ever loved, like it’s that easy?”
The room fell silent for a while and neither of them could look me in the eyes. Lucien stepped forward a bit, and he looked calmer than I was. Sometimes I wished I could be as calm as he was, but I knew the storm that was brewing inside of him mirrored how I currently felt.
“I believe that being engaged to the Darkmoore twins will not be an adequate solution,” he said to them. “You are asking us to lie to the entire kingdom father.”
His father shook his head. “No, you will not be lying to them, instead, you will be protecting the
