Liana’s POV The king folded his hands on the desk, all earnest golden eyes and repentant alpha energy. “Let’s start simple. What are her favorite colors?” I lowered my gaze like a shy little mouse and twisted my fingers in my lap. Oh… Princess Arabella loves pink. Not just any pink…bubblegum, blush, rose quartz, hot flamingo, the kind of pink that makes your eyes bleed if you stare too long. She used to say if she ever got her own room in the palace, she’d paint the entire thing pink, inside and out. Hello Kitty, glitter, stuffed animals, fairy lights, the whole explosion of cute. She always says boring colors make her soul cry. But I didn’t tell them all these. I told them the exact opposite. The ones that will make her soul cry. The ones that will send her running back to me for com

