Ariana POV
The puzzle pieces just fell into place in that magnificent Parisian restaurant with all of Paris spread out before them like a carpet of lights.
Dimitri wanted to rule Merak and demolish his family's reign of terror--to avenge his dead mate. And to twist the knife, he wanted her to help him get revenge, or justice.
She wondered why he'd waited so long.
"Dimitri ... you had to have been angry about Georgiana."
"Yes." He ground his teeth together. "I don't hear an answer to my question."
Become his queen?
It was one thing to marry him because he was her mate, and to be protected. It was another thing entirely to marry him knowing she could become the Queen of Merak, despite the overwhelming odds against their success.
"You must have found it so hard to struggle against your family."
