‘I came here to see you, Rose.’ ‘I’m still mad at you,’ she reminded him, but her voice was soft, and in his arms, so was she. ‘Forever.’ ‘How can I shorten such a cruel sentence?’ Be brave, she told herself. Be bold. After all, a future queen may never have a moment like this again. She reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck. ‘By being very, very nice to me.’ Shen’s hands came to her waist and the feeling of his touch on her bare skin sent lightning bolts sizzling through Rose’s veins. ‘I don’t know how to kiss,’ she blurted out, then winced. Oh, that was not at all what she meant to
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