Cindra’s POV
I was thankful. Honestly, I hadn’t expected Kora to be nice, but knowing that she had been raised, more or less, by a queen, I had always hoped that she was worlds different than I thought she was from just the look I got of her at the Ball.
I chuckled again, remembering her offer to teach Helio some manners before it was all over with.
Who the hell just walks into a young woman’s room? My brothers would never. She had grinned at me. My mother raised them properly. I did the rest.
I took in a deep breath, glancing at Helio. He wasn’t going to let it go, and that warmed me to some extent, but not much. I looked back at Kora, who was still staring at me.
“I don’t know how anyone could have been fooled, but I guess that’s why she was in here. Alone. The queen must not know o
