After a while, our conversation begins to turn to a more serious tone. Eros’s father studies me for a moment, before asking: “Are you alright with how the King changed his decision about who you ought to marry?” I stiffen and the whole room falls into an uncomfortable silence. Elena doesn’t seem very pleased with the question and neither does her mother. But none of them say anything.
I should’ve been expecting something like this. This is our first chance to even talk about what happened. I can read Eros’s mind, he is not happy with what his father just asked. I know he is about to speak up, but I look at him, raising my hand.
“It’s alright,” I tell him, before turning to the Prince. “No, I am not alright with what he did, and neither should you be. It was dishonourable, unfair, a
