Queen Cleo Yates POV
“When are you going to tell your father?” I asked.
Caleb told Mars and I just after breakfast that he would take the beta position. I was so relieved that he agreed but that left us with a very awkward conversation ahead of us. I know that Mars’ father wasn’t going to take news of Caleb’s appointment well so it was just a matter of damage limitation.
“I think we should wait for a while,” Mars replied.
“This has nothing to do with your fear of facing him, I am sure,” I said, teasing him.
“No, this has everything to do with me not wanting to face him. You know what my father is like when things don’t go his way,” Mars relied.
Unfortunately I knew all too well what he could be like. Between the stories and the incidents that I had witnessed myself, I knew that he
