Chapter 2
For the first time in the past year since Anna Camila Bruno left the palace grounds to drive home after work, she hummed the entire way. She didn’t touch her horn; traffic on the twisting two-lane asphalt road was light despite the hour.
She felt at peace with the world, like nothing could pierce through her bubble as she went over and over Leopoldo’s marriage proposal. Anna, well aware of the law and that his thirtieth birthday was fast approaching, had even set him up on dates with noble ladies, but he’d rebelled.
So when he’d asked her, her heart had almost stopped.
She touched her mouth, knowing she hadn’t imagined that kiss.
No man had ever made her veins buzz--and Leopoldo wasn’t just a man, but the Prince of Avce, next in line for king.
She half expected to arrive at
