Helio’s POV
Kora’s question wasn’t one I could answer on my own. She didn’t look like she believed I could either, and I wasn’t sure if that was more irritating than not. I racked my brain and shook my head. There was no other option I could think of. Besides, I didn’t want to have to deal with Kora by myself, especially knowing that Cindra was probably under the wrong impression about all of this.
The only answer that flickered through my mind was too risky for me to propose to Kora. She’s probably churn up a tornado and blow me away at the mere mention of one of us rejecting the other.
If Cindra had been at dinner, she would have been able to see that she didn’t understand what I was trying to do with Kora, even if she didn’t know enough about etiquette. I sighed. The tugging ache in
