#Chapter 10: Xaden's Place

  Maeve POV   Back at that disaster of a party, I recalled him saying that he would be taking me to live with him, but he never specified a particular place. Surely he hadn’t meant the royal palace. Not the place where the Alpha King and his family resided. Oh, how I hoped he wasn’t the type of royal to live there! As the car steadily approached a large, majestic gate decorated with the royal family crest, mild panic began to swell within me. Besides Xaden, I had never met another member of the nobility. I had no idea what they were like, nor what they would think of someone like me stepping into their territory. Glancing down at my wine-soaked mess of a dress and my little baby bump, I couldn’t help but feel self-conscious. I didn’t loathe my unborn baby… but I still needed time to come to terms with all the changes that were happening to me. “What’s wrong?” I looked over at Xaden and noticed he was eying me with a hint of concern. “Are you sure it’s alright for me to show up