I wake up for the first time in a long time to no pain in my mark. The potion is helping, and I can’t help the smile that spreads across my face at having bought myself more time. I know that I am not entirely out of the woods, the weaker potion means that I will still be susceptible to Prince Kaine’s presence, but for now I can breathe.
Nara, sensing my happiness, bristles. “You seem pleased.” I feel the tension behind her words, and my temper flares, her anger feeling as real as my own. She wishes that I hadn’t taken the potion.
I couldn’t risk losing everything. I couldn’t risk losing you.
I can practically feel Nara roll her eyes at my words. She doesn’t think that Prince Kaine will reject us. “I agreed when we knew nothing about our mate. Kaine is different.”
It’s not worth the ri
