Cindra’s POV
It had been about an hour since I’d been sent back to my room. I sat by the window, wringing my hands, trying not to worry. After a lifetime of nothing important happening, turmoil had finally erupted all around me. Helio’s impending engagement to Kora was troublesome for reasons I couldn’t allow myself to consider.
My engagement to or rejection from Knox was another matter entirely. A small group of powerful men were about to determine my future without asking me a single question about what I wanted.
That, at least, was a situation very familiar to me.
The door opened behind me, jarring me from my thoughts. “You don’t look prepared to go dress shopping.”
My mouth dropped open, but I said nothing. We were really going shopping? Together?
Kalinda breezed in, gazing aroun
