“C’mon, Your Highness! It’s been three days. You can’t avoid her for the rest of her life!” Maia, as per usual, entered my room to check on me. After the dinner, which was more of a roasting session, I preferred to keep my distance.

Cami’s tone when she had said, ‘You aren’t his first and you won’t be his last,’ sounded like a challenge, or maybe even a threat. Maia had told me that Cami was the mayor’s daughter back in Hoarfrost’s main ...