The Goddess
““I’ve already told you. The palace is off limits to the public.”
“It doesn’t have to be.”
Helene gazed out over a view of her favorite lawn and garden—one where she and Tahlia often walked.
“It wouldn’t work,” Darius went on. “Certain barriers need to be kept in place.”
A week had passed since the dinner with Tahlia and Otis. Although the men had not parted best friends, some kind of truce had been reached. Darius had refrained from steering the conversation toward how his sister should attend college, Otis hadn’t tried to walk out again, and long-suffering Tahlia had kept her cool.
Darius was trying. Hopefully at some level her advice about respecting Tahlia’s feelings had sunk in. One individual could not dictate how another ought to live their life—particularly where matters of the heart were concerned.
And over the past days, with her and Darius secretly engaged and her pregnancy progressing, Helene couldn’t deny that her feelings were beginning to delve de...eper into that area as well.MoreLess
“It doesn’t have to be.”
Helene gazed out over a view of her favorite lawn and garden—one where she and Tahlia often walked.
“It wouldn’t work,” Darius went on. “Certain barriers need to be kept in place.”
A week had passed since the dinner with Tahlia and Otis. Although the men had not parted best friends, some kind of truce had been reached. Darius had refrained from steering the conversation toward how his sister should attend college, Otis hadn’t tried to walk out again, and long-suffering Tahlia had kept her cool.
Darius was trying. Hopefully at some level her advice about respecting Tahlia’s feelings had sunk in. One individual could not dictate how another ought to live their life—particularly where matters of the heart were concerned.
And over the past days, with her and Darius secretly engaged and her pregnancy progressing, Helene couldn’t deny that her feelings were beginning to delve de...eper into that area as well.MoreLess
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