Devon’s POV
“I think I’ve found my way out!” Tara says triumphantly when we meet up at her room after her meeting with Max.
“What do you mean?” I ask, feeling a tiny spark of hope.
“They want me to sign a fresh contract,” she tells me, holding out some papers towards me. “Apparently whatever I’ve signed in the past is no longer valid because of Kathleen’s death, and the fact that I was underage when I signed, or something like that.”
“OK, but how does that give you a way out?” I ask, not sure about this.
“We are going to look this contract over very carefully,” she explains. “I’ll ask them to remove whatever language they’ve added in that prevents me from taking you as a mate. And then I will negotiate with the council until I’m either happy with the contract, or I’ll just re
