Lily
I find Vince pacing in his cabin and hug him from behind.
“Don’t let him get t you. He is not worth your happiness.”
He lets out a sigh. “I don’t care about that i***t. It is my parents who get to me. I am tired of portraying this perfect royal family at my expense.”
“Don’t then. We don’t have to have meals with your family. Wee can join civilians until we get to Lore,” I suggest, and he turns to look at me.
“You would not mind?”
“I have been a civilian all my life, Vince. Bottom of the food chain even amongst civilians.”
He pulls me into his arms. ‘Don’t say that. Don’t ever say that.”
I look up at him. He gets like this when we talk about my life with the Reed’s.
“I did not want to suggest eating with everyone in case we meet them or sit next to them. They are nasty and d
