ROME

Rome stepped out of the library with a frown dancing on his lips. He couldn't believe he had the heart to smile especially since he had previously been worried about the meeting he had to attend with Erika and Chester.

It had felt wonderful to help someone in need and he genuinely hoped Elora and her siblings enjoyed their stay at the palace perhaps even coming to see it as a haven from whatever they were running from.

Perhaps that could explain what had caused him to act the way he did earlier.

He blinked, in hopes of forcing the pretty image of her flushed skin out of his...