NOAH’S POV

I shoved another spoonful of mint-chocolate ice cream into my mouth like it was a life-saving drug.

Everything Penny had said earlier was still ringing in my ears like an annoying ringtone you can’t find the phone to silence. “He’s the king,” she said. “He is betrothed to someone else,” she said. What was I thinking? That Ares would settle for a guy. Why does love always come with a warning label and a sprinkle of betrayal?

Normal heartbroken people drown their ...