Odessa POV

Ximena walked back into her room and sighed. I shoved her phone under the books where I’d found it. It was an old model phone with a scratched screen.

This was the luckiest I’d ever been.

“Odessa, I think you hurt Caelum’s feelings,” Ximena said.

I gasped. “What? He’s a warrior.”

“Warriors have feelings too.” She planted her hands on her hips.

“You know I can understand the other council members coming up with this arrangement, but not you. You know I’m fated ...