Beatrice POV
The letters started arriving three days after the Council visit.
I was in the training grounds with Corin, practicing my flame control, when Kaelen appeared with a stack of envelopes.
"You're popular," he said as he handed them to me.
I set down the candle I'd been working with and took the letters. There were at least a dozen, all sealed with different pack crests.
"What are these?" I asked.
"Marriage proposals. Alliance offers. Requests for meetings." Kaelen leaned against the wall. "Word got out that you're back. Now everyone wants a piece of the Wynter princess."
My stomach dropped. "Marriage proposals?"
"Seven so far." Kaelen ticked them off on his fingers. "Three more are thinly veiled courtship requests. And two are from Alphas asking for trade agreements that c
