Standing under the cascade of water, I let my body sag. This shower has been my most trusted confidant in the past months. Once everything was said and done after Emily's ceremony, I had no reason not to throw myself into work. My grandparents had been on my ass about starting to look for a chosen mate. My friends and family have been bombarding me with questions about Italy. The only person who has given me space to breathe is Lucas and that’s only because he sees me as “all mighty hybrid Queen”. I appreciate his respect and undying loyalty, but I like it better whenever he talks to me like a regular person. Working so closely together, I have gotten to know him a lot better. He met his beloved in the early 2000’s but she rejected him to be with her chosen mate. He says he lost his mind a
