The princess tipped her head to the side, trying to remember. She’d been so concerned about Eli, nothing else had mattered. But then, everything rushed back to her, and her thoughts truly returned to Cassius for the first time since she’d learned Eli had arrived back at Wrenbrook. She wondered what Cassius might think of her if he’d been there to witness her emotional outburst. “I wanted to ask your permission to declare my first Rooming tonight at the ball.”
The queen arched one perfectly sculpted dark eyebrow. “Oh? And who, pray tell, do you wish to Room?”
