Royal Blood Page 15

  I felt sad, for Alexander and for me.

  Tears welled in my eyes, and I couldn't help but frown.

  "Why are you crying? I thought you'd be happy," Alexander said, wiping a tear from my face.

  "I thought I'd be, too," I said. "I didn't want you to move, Alexander. But I didn't want them to either."

  Alexander gave me a soft kiss in the rain. As the car disappeared, he put his arm around me and led me back inside my second home-the Sterling Mansion on Benson Hill.