"And once he is dead, I will make sure you are mine forever."
After those words... I couldn't focus. Varianlir had made my heart flutter and my brain mush. Keila couldn't wait until he fulfilled his promise and marked us.
I wanted this dance to end so we could escape, but the music seemed to stretch on endlessly, each note a reminder of how trapped I felt in this gilded cage of a ballroom.
"Hey, focus on me," Varianlir said softly. "Don't look at them. Only the two of us are here."
My eyes widened once again. Varianlir no longer hid his feelings about it, which made me giddy inside, like a high school girl who had just found out her crush liked her.
I guess it could look that way. Varianlir is my mate, after all, so he is my crush.
Can he be considered a crush?
"No, because he
