Prince Elijah I stand on the balcony outside my chambers and breathe in the night air. It’s been a long day. It was nice seeing my family all together again, and the castle is fit to bursting. Thank the Gods that each guest chamber is big enough to hold a family of eight or fuc.k knows where we would have put everyone. But my mother is happy, and that’s all that matters. As pleased as I am that my family is here, I can’t settle. AJ has been back days, and he hasn’t looked at me once, let alone spoken to me. I can’t get close enough to talk to him, and he closed our link off, so I can’t even speak to him telepathically. My brother hates me and won’t even give me the time of day. Do I blame him? No, I don’t. I betrayed him and broke him in ways no brother should betray or hurt another

