-Cole-
I couldn’t take my eyes off Raven. She was out of this world—so beautiful that my heart felt as if it might explode. Was this what my parents had felt when they looked at each other? Had they been consumed entirely by love?
“So, we should start planning the wedding right away,” my mother said.
I noticed Raven tense beside me and looked at her with concern. Was she having second thoughts? When I tried to catch her eye, she looked away.
“How about we focus on the coronation first?” I suggested. I was concerned about why Raven’s shoulders had tensed up at the mention of the wedding, but I didn’t think it was the right moment to address it in front of everyone.
My mother nodded in agreement. “We certainly have a lot to prepare. The news of you being alive has already spread far an
