Chapter 48

HAZEL

It’s insane how planned everything was, every move that anyone made was an order from their king. Gabe would probably rather dance with Nora or Abby or maybe there was a completely different girl that he fancied but he was stuck babysitting me.

“Please? I do like the waltz,” he lowered his head while looking up at me with rounded puppy eyes.

“Of course you do,” I giggled and let him lead me onto the dance floor.

I don’t know if he followed Darian’s orders because he was his brother or because he was his king.

Gabe put his hands in position and I did the same. I was glad to see that he was a good lead, I never danced if I could help it, my feet couldn’t move like the others did and it didn’t look like I was floating—falling or wailing like a seal on dry land would be a more accurate description of how I looked on the dance floor.

“You’re doing good. Just relax your arms,” he instructed with a never-failing smile.

I caught a glimpse of N