Forbidden Rejection

(Neva's POV)

“I’m sorry, Neva. But I can’t let you both reject each other. Not like this. We’ll have to come to a compromise.”

The King’s words echoed in my head, bouncing around like cruel laughter in a haunted room.

My heart thumped with disbelief, and the sting of betrayal ran hot through my veins. A compromise? Was that it?

For a moment, I just stared at him... at the man I had grown up calli