Chapter 66

Paige's POV The day before my engagement with Mr. Monroe, the news about it roared like thunder. I don't know what's the big deal about it but it was all over the news and the internet. I thought it would be private. Papa assured me that it would be private, so seeing my face on the news shocked me real good. I don't know what to say. Surely, my cousins already heard it. My phone suddenly rang. And yeah… Speaking of cousins. "Hello?" I massaged my temple. [What the actual hell, Paige?An engagement? To a human? Have you completely lost your mind?] I sucked in a deep breath, feeling Tiana pace restlessly within me. "It was arranged by Papa." [And you agreed?] "I can't just refuse, Ares." [You absolutely can do something about this. And seriously—your ex-boss? A human who knows nothing about our kind?] I sank onto the edge of my bed. Oliver's words echoed in my mind - his scolding about my decision to move into my grandfather's mansion, his final warning that he would personally track me