Finn wasn’t happy to be back in the palace; the best years of his life had been when he had left, the last nearly two months being the ultimate joy when he had found out that Lula was his mate – his second chance mate - and he found a place in her and Cole’s lives when he had thought he would never have the pleasure of having a fated mate in his life.
He had wanted to protect her and Cole from this life, but deep down he had also known that the idea of forever escaping was not realistic; the best that he could hope for was to protect them from having to see the palace in the way that he and Chase had grown up.
After long moments of an uncomfortable silence with everyone just staring at each other and Lula nearly breaking the bones in his hand with her hold, he finally cleared his throat.
