Rose opened her eyes, and the memory of the night before came flooding through her mind like a punch to the gut, and the anger from last night bubbled up. She was annoyed not because of what happened particularly, but because she had failed to see it coming.
She should have known that the crown prince would do something like that but the fact that he had been so insistent that he would keep his word had made her drop her guard. She was annoyed to no end; the Crown Prince always wanted to have his way no matter what.
"I know you're awake," Caius said from behind her. His voice was annoyingly close.
He wasn't touching her, but he was close enough to. The tip of his toes lightly brushed against her heel, and Rose forced herself not to react. She felt his hands on her hair; worried that he might move past her hair to touch her skin, Rose was quick to admit that she was awake.
