Chapter 1: Get The Healer!
"You look gorgeous, Miss Reana. I'm sure Master Hale would be blown away by your beauty."
"Indeed. Her brothers would have been the–" the maid began but was nudged by the other maid when the temperature suddenly dropped.
"You may leave," Reana waved her hand, the air almost turning electric by the coldness she was exuding.
The maidservants didn't dare to linger. With a bow, they scurried away.
Left alone, Reana's eyes sparkled with unshed tears, her heart heavy with so many thoughts and grievances.
Her six brothers used to boast, shouting over each other on who would give her away to her mate. In the end, their father would always win the argument.
But now, no one would give her away to her mate...no one would walk her to the square.
On top of that, she had narrowly escaped another attempt on her life just this morning, and now, her mind was heavy with the vision of her mate dying in her arms. Although she'd incapacitated the assassin and sent him to a place of no return, restlessness still gnawed at her.
The strange feeling that she'd overlooked something kept getting stronger, but she didn't know what.
Or perhaps, she was just nervous.
Reana's hands trembled with excitement. She would finally have someone on her side after today. Someone who wasn't under her stepmother and Kael's influence. Perhaps, she could return to being that cheerful person she used to be, knowing she wouldn't have to be on guard 24/7.