Hot jealousy burned inside him. The feeling was so foreign that he barely identified it in time. But when he did, the desire to have the Luna by his side instead was overpowering. He gestured to one of his servers and had them bring his woman to his side. He watched as the server relayed the information to Sabrina. He saw her frown in disapproval and just knew he was about to be rejected, but then Allen whispered something into her ear, making her smile. Alaric didn’t think he had ever made her smile before. The glass in his hand cracked from the force of his grip. Meanwhile, the ministers he had been discussing matters with had withdrawn at some point when they saw his attention was elsewhere—only Rose remained by his side. Her face remained stoic, but she was no doubt seething inside as

