“So we’re going to ignore what just happened?” Aleja didn’t mean to speak so bitterly—no, scratch that, she did. “For now? Yes. You’ll want to as well once Amicia’s influence has faded. And if one day you change your mind, you’ll have to ask me. Not in innuendo. Not in sly touches. You’re going to look me in the eye and you’re going to ask me.”

