Chapter 0277


    “Luca, I’m so sorry for not even thinking about your family and making youe to see mine,” I


    murmur, taking little handfuls of his shirt in my fists as I lean my weight against him, looking up into


    his face. Luca smiles at me, his arms loose around me.


    “Don’t be sorry,” he murmurs, “I wanted to meet your whole family. It was important for me too.”


    “Good,” I say, nodding. And then I hesitate. “And are you…ready? For the fight?”


    “I will be,” he says, nodding. “Though it’s important for me to see my uncle – he trained me, after all.


    He’ll get me back in the right headspace over the next day or so – don’t worry. But will youe


    tomorrow? Come see my gym, and thene to my gran’s house? Meet everyone? I’m dying to


    introduce you.”


    “Oh!” I say, surprised but then thrilled at the idea. “Yes!” I say instantly, beaming at him, but then I


    remember that I’m a princess again and I nce back at the door, wondering what my parents have


    nned for me.


    “It’s okay,” Luca says, lifting a hand to my cheek and turning my gaze back to him. “I already cleared


    it with your dad – he says you can have the afternoon off from Princess-ing.”


    “Oh,” I say, a little surprised at this. But then, I suppose there’s nothing wrong with that – Luca’s


    very thoughtful, isn’t he? And proactive. “Okay, then yes, I’lle. Of course I will. I can’t wait.”


    “And you’lle to the fight too, right?” he says, giving me a little frown.


    “Of course!” I say,ughing up at him, because why would he ever think that I wouldn’t?


    “Good,” he murmurs, dipping his head and pressing a warm kiss to my mouth. “I’ll need my best girl


    there for moral support.”


    “Nowhere else I’d be,” I murmur back, my lips still brushing against his, letting my hands sink into


    his hair, pleased at the idea that my presence would help him.


    Luca smiles at me again, and then kisses me deeply, pulling me tight against him like he can’t let


    me go. We stay like that for a long while – long enough that I lose myself in him, that I forget where I


    am, and that there’s a room full of people behind me probably waiting for me toe back inside so


    they can go to bed.


    But eventually, his arms loosen. “You make it very hard to say goodbye, Gorgeous,” Luca sighs,


    shaking his head at me.


    I justugh, standing on my toes to press one final kiss to his mouth, and then I push him away.


    “Get out of here, then!” I say, yful. “You’re the one sticking around.”


    Luca justughs, pulling me close for onest peck before letting me go and stepping away.


    “I’ll see you tomorrow!” I call as Luca walks backwards down the hall, unable or unwilling to take his


    eyes off me.


    “I can’t wait,” he replies, dimples shing. And then he turns, and jogs off towards the front of the


    pce, and I sigh as I push open the door behind me and head back into the living room.


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    My eyes of course fix immediately on Jackson, who doesn’t look sleepy at all.


    “In in,” mom says, opening my bedroom door and pping her hand towards me and Daphne,


    herding us into my bedroom. “Daphne, we’ll have another room made up for you tomorrow, we just


    didn’t know how many wereing tonight – and I thought you might want to be in with Ariel


    anyway, on your first night in a strange ce.”


    “Thank you, Mrs. Sinir, this is perfect,” Daphne says, turning once she’s walked into the room to


    smile gratefully at my mother. “It will be nice to have some girl time, one-on-one.”


    “Oh, don’t be too grateful, Daphne,” I say, turning to re yfully at my mom as I follow my friend


    into the room. “Half the reason she’s putting you in here is so that my mates don’t sneak into my


    room in the middle of the night.”


    “My little girl is so clever,” my mom says, wrapping an arm around me and giving me a big kiss on


    the cheek as Daphne and Iugh. “You two go straight to bed! And call me E, Daphne, please!”


    Mom smiles and waves as she pulls the door shut behind her. “I love you! See you for breakfast!”


    “Your mom is so nice,” Daphne says, flumping down onto the twin bed that’s made up for her next to


    my own big fluffy Princess bed. “I thought the queen would be…I don’t know, stuffier? More rigid


    and judgmental?”


    I grin at Daphne, moving over to my dresser and pulling out a set of pajamas to change into. “Mom


    doesn’t have a stuffy or judgmental bone in her body,” I say with a smile. “She’s the best. Do you


    need some pajamas? I have like…a million sets. Mom’s a shopping addict – she just buys


    everything she thinks is cute and it appears in my wardrobe like magic. Dad told her to stop but…


    she justughed at him.”