Kora’s POV
“Though, maybe next time, don’t insinuate to my father that we might have been seconds away from f*****g?” Helio laughed and pushed off the wall. “We’ll catch up later.”
I grabbed his arm and turned him back to me. He looked down at my hand, clearly surprised that I was so strong. When our gazes met, he went stiff as if I’d spooked him.
“You owe me a hell of a lot more of an explanation than that.”
He blinked. Before he could speak, I pulled him into a room nearby and shut the door. It looked like a standard, unused parlor. I snorted. He and Aspen could have been making out in here for ages with no one the wiser based on the thin layer of dust on the dresser. It seemed like Mother was right: Ember Moon was in more financial trouble than King Flint wanted anyone to know if th
