Maeve POV
It is just a dinner.
As I sat in the center of the palace banquet hall, feigning confidence as I sipped my water as was taught, surrounded by Xaden and his younger siblings while they engaged in light conversation, I tried to breathe.
Alpha King Arlan and Luna Queen Leonora were a distance away at the head of the table, speaking with their eldest son, and I continued to inhale… long, slow, and shaky as I feebly tried to calm my nerves.
It’s only a dinner, so relax and think of something else.
Shockingly enough, I would find my advice to be easier said than done. Everything I saw and breathed just reeked of wealth and status and pure alpha bloodlines and I felt more than ever that I did not belong.
Even more so than I ever did in Moonstone.
Who on earth was I trying to fo
