“Are you— Are we— Is this thing between us some sort of secret?” Soren stiffened against him, and Gabe mentally cursed his bumbling words. “Do you want it to be secret, Highness?” Soren asked lightly. “No,” Gabe answered quickly, gratified when some of the stiffness left Soren’s body. “Not at all. I mean…they’ll have to find out eventually, right?” Gabe didn’t quite have it in him to ask the rest of it. Because we’re together, right? Because this is long-term. Because you want to keep me? You think we’re meant to be? He hoped Soren got it anyway. “Right,” Soren agreed.
