“Are you excited for your friends to arrive?” Lucas asks, he looks on edge, but we haven’t run into Jaggar since the initial meeting. Liam informed us that he was set up to stay in the village, where a couple of palace guards are keeping an eye on his every movement.

“I’m very excited,” I grin happily, trying to change the uncomfortable atmosphere. I jump into his lap and Lucas omits an ’oof’ noise but he chuckles and wraps his arms around me. “All three of them ...