When Erin left Alaric to go home by himself, she wasn’t exactly in the mood to meet up with Lance. However, she had already confirmed the plans with him and figured it would be best if she blew off some steam—even if that meant being in the company of a man equally annoying as the one she was trying to get away from.
She did not know what it was about men—people in general, actually—that annoyed her so much. Especially that Alaric. That stupid prince smart-ass with all his talk about honor and ethics and doing the right thing, and all of his fancy hair and fancy eyes and fancy ways, and then suddenly acting all concerned. She didn’t need any of that.
Erin caught herself internally fuming again as she walked. She had just been able to calm down, yet there she was again, getting all riled
