Violet's pov

I was left in a daze when I was bundled and thrown outside the castle gate.

One minute Xaden was mad that I was pushed by Mira. And in the next, I was carried outside.

What was happening?

At that moment, I was sure I saw something in Xaden's eyes. Something powerful and striking. The kind that glistened his eyes whenever he was ready to defend me-- the kind that says, don't dare, she's mine.

When I was beginning to be ecstatic that he had come to his senses, I was thrown out and ...