chapter 68

Everly Toward the end of the night, everyone had calmed down, and the cleanup began. Despite the exhaustion and aching feet from standing on them all night, after the incident with my father, the night actually turned out well. In addition to introducing me to many people who were actually nice, Valen made an official announcement to the media at the end of the meeting. Now that everything is about to come to an end for the night, I’m eager to crawl into bed. I notice Kalen lingering a little longer when Valen comes over with Valarian asleep in his arms. “I have people on the way to help with cleaning up; they’ll be here soon. Come home; we need to get him to bed,” Valen says, leaning down to peck my lips when I look up at him and smooth down Valarian’s hair just as Kalen walks over to us. “Actually, can I speak with you for a minute?” Kalen asks, and my eyes go wide. He isn’t seriously going to tell him now, is he? “Uh, sure.” Valen motions toward a nearby table, but Kalen shakes his