As I looked through other colors of yarn, Seraphine leaned in toward my ear and whispered, “Elliott is kind of cute, isn‘t he?”

I wanted to make sure I had enough yellow yarn to finish the baby blanket I’d started crocheting without having to come back to the store, so I grabbed several skeins and put the guards who Soren had insis ted come with me to use.

Their names were Elliott and Duke-

I’d asked. They‘d looked surprised that I‘d wanted to know, but I wasn‘t about to walk around town with two men and not even know their names.

Raising an eyebrow, I looked back over my shoulder....