Ian was looking at the mask that Emmy left behind before Arabella was sighing behind him. He turned to glare at the young queen before she was smirking at him. "Ah, the masquerade ball. The secret, the mask, and the elegant gown," the young queen said before her eyes twinkling with mischief. "Not to mention, the forbidden kiss," she said as Aiden was chuckling behind her.
Ian was looking at the royal couple before he got a sense of what was going on around him. How can I be so stupid? he mused before he was gripping the mask even tighter. "What are you planning, Your Majesty?" Ian asked Arabella, who was arching her eyebrows at him. She gasped before she put her hand on her chest.
"Marquis of Kain, I don't know what you are talking about," she said as Ian was rolling his eyes at the youn
