“C'mon, Your Highness! It's been three days. You can't avoid her for the rest of her life!" Maia, as per usual, entered my room to check on me. After the dinner, which was more of a roasting session, I preferred to keep my distance.
Cami's tone when she had said, 'You aren't his first and you won't be his last,' sounded like a challenge, or maybe even a threat. Maia had told me that Cami was the mayor's daughter back in Hoarfrost's main capital and that the girl was well-connected to the Alpha King. Once I knew that, I wanted to keep away from her. Who knew what she would dig up about my real identity.
“I'm not avoiding anyone, Maia. I'm homesick, that's all." It was a plausible excuse, and I couldn't have someone as talkative as Maia knowing the real reason.
“In that case, then, you
