"Your words cut me." Damien flinched. "I do not see the point in continuing with our plans. You might be prepared for such a show, but not me, my lady. If your heart is no longer in this, in us, then we must tell the truth. We must separate for good."
Vienna sat forward, her pulse quickening. "We cannot do that. There is too much at risk."
"I will not marry you if you are only going through the act. I have no interest in such a course of action." Damien's voice was icy.
"We have to go through with the ceremony, Your Highness." Panic seized her chest. She had not meant for things to go so far. If the queen caught a scent of it, Vienna would be finished. "To start an uproar right now, when so many foreign vampires sympathetic to your mother's position are about to descend on us-- it is un
