Chapter 66 Bathtime Confessions

• MAEVE POV
• I needed a break. Just a little bit of time to myself to calm down and fully process everything that had happened today.
• Tonight’s banquet had taken an unexpected toll on me. First with that whole debacle involving Nicholas, then Xaden’s subsequent jealous rage—which he adamantly denied having—and… and that woman, who apparently had a fling with Xaden some time ago. I could still see the pure desperation written across his face, how much he must’ve wanted to hide it from me.