MAEVE POV
I needed a break. Just a little bit of time to myself to calm down and fully process everything that had happened today.
Tonight’s banquet had taken an unexpected toll on me. First with that whole debacle involving Nicholas, then Xaden’s subsequent jealous rage—which he adamantly denied having—and… and that woman, who apparently had a fling with Xaden some time ago. I could still see the pure desperation written across his face, how much he must’ve wanted to hide it from me.
It was too much for me to handle all at once.
So, here I was—taking a bubble bath. My first one, if I was being completely transparent, not just in the space of my new home, but in my entire life. They were a simple luxury that I had never been afforded before.
Back in Moonstone, one of my man
