Book 3: See You Now

Hollis

A few days later, I sit in Father’s tapestry-covered office for one of our weekly meetings, warming my hands over his fire.

“What are you smiling about?” he snaps. “Our southwestern border has been attacked.”

“By rogues.” I try to swallow my grin, but it’s impossible. It’s been impossible since my talk with Candace in the gallery and the evening that followed. Since then, I’ve seen her almost every day, and at least half the time, I don’t even have to seek her out. She’s actually coming to find me, taking my hand, pulling me into hidden rooms for a repeat performance. It finally feels like what I always expected finding my mate would be.

“Is the bastard’s father not a rogue?” Father huffs. “He could be ordering them. Arranging the attacks.”

I pull the map he was looking at closer to me and point at the three pins. “There’s a couple dozen miles between each of these, but the attacks were only a day apart. Either he’s got three sep