~SINCLAIR~

Ordering his Keepers to stay back while he went to retrieve Vannie might have been one of the hardest things he'd had to do as King.

But seeing Vannie's face at his proposal? He knew it was the right call.

"Vannie?"

"Nothing," she said with a jerk. "Yes. Lead the way."

His battered heart broke for her. For them. "Vannie, you're their Luna. They'd die for you without blinking an eye. The last thing they want to do is hurt you."

She gave him a ...