Talori normally looked forward to when Brennan visited but this time she couldn't muster any feelings but dread. How was she going to act in front of him now that she had figured out she was in love with him?
She couldn't make things weird by bursting into tears again knowing that he was in love with someone else. Not when her kingdom still needed to work with him.
Beck was assigned to be the guard to accompany her to the meeting place with the boat and she didn't think much of it because she thought it was Zale being overprotective and sending the merman he trusted most to be there for her in case something happened.
He noticed she was quiet and nervous the whole carriage ride over and when they arrived and were about to poke their heads out of the water, he took her hand and patted it with the other to reassure her. That alone nearly made her cry.
