Chapter 68

Toward the end of the night, everyone had calmed down, and the cleanup began. In spite of the exhaustion and aching feet from standing on them all night, after the incident with my father, the night turned out well. In addition to introducing me to many people, Valen made an official announcement to the media at the end of the meeting. Therefore, as everything was about to come to an end for the night, I was eager to crawl into bed. However, I noticed Kalen lingered a little longer when Valen came over with Valarian asleep in his arms. “I have people on the way to help with cleaning up; they will be here soon. Come home, I need to get him to bed,” Valen said, leaning down. Valen pecks my lips when I looked up at him and I smooth down Valarian’s hair when Kalen walks over to us. “Actually, can I speak with you for a minute?” Kalen asked, and my eyes went wide. He wasn’t seriously going to tell him, now was he?

“Ah sure,” Valen motioned toward a nearby table, but Kalen shook his head and reached for Valarian. Valen watched him, staring oddly at his father while my heart beat frantically in my chest. Kalen handed

Valarian to me and I grabbed him; Valen’s brows wrinkled, and I could feel his confusion through the bond.

“We can stay here for the night,” I told Valen, and he nodded.

“Fine, I will be up in a minute; just let me go lock my car back up,” he tells his father before walking off.

“I didn’t mean right now,” I hissed at Kalen when Valen was far enough away..

“I need to get it over with; it’s time Everly. Besides, if I don’t do it now, I worry I won’t be able to bring myself to do it,” he sighed. I chewed my lip, slightly worried about what would happen; looking toward the car park where Valen went to lock his car, I sighed before nodding.