As soon as they stepped through the tent flap, Serena spotted Dex. Her stomach dropped. Of course he was here. Why wouldn't he be?
She counted only ten teams present. The kind of setup that meant high risk and no margin.
She let out a breath as they approached.
All of them got down on one knee even with the ground soaking wet from the rain. Dex delayed. He must have missed the memo. But then he remembered she was the Draken Prime.
Serena had been expecting it, but she still hated it.
Fin looked at her with curiosity, his lips twitching. She didn't like power, yet she drew it like a magnet. Most rulers had the opposite problem.
One of the many things he wanted to understand better about her.
He realized he had been staring a moment too long when she met his gaze. She held it briefly, then looked away first, already moving past him.
