The prince was silent for a long moment. He looked down at Tem’s hands, his brow furrowed. Then he spoke. “If you are asking me to choose between you and my father, I choose you, Tem.” He said the words so calmly that she briefly wondered if she had hallucinated them. But then Caspen said, “I would choose the same.” This couldn’t be real. “Are you two serious?” Tem whispered.
