ROYCE. I don’t miss the frown on Alejandro’s face when he hugged Skyla or the way his frown deepened when his eyes flick to me. He can probably smell me all over her… I can’t blame him for being protective, but he doesn’t need to fear me hurting her… I know I need to talk to him, I’m ready to resign from my spot at the academy, but at the same time do I want her in that school where Aleric will still play his games? I plan to tell her about him. I have to. She looks beautiful, there’s not a speck of make-up on her face, and it makes her features glow radiantly. She has long thick lashes that surround those vivid green eyes. Her nose is slender and her plump pouting lips that are often in smirk are a gorgeous soft pink… I glance at the door as Skyla greets her uncle, Marcel Rossi. He’s