Chapter 0300

I stare at him, shocked, and Luca just grins at me. “Do you – do you speak Itablio?” I ask.

“I mean, just a little,” he says with a shrug as his family moves eagerly around us, setting out food and drinks, turning on music.

“Of course he speaks Itablio, it’s his native tongue!” his mother says, laughing and coming to press a fizzy orange drink into my hand.

“It is?” I gasp, still staring at Luca. He just laughs and looks away, maybe a little bashful. “Where!” his Gran says suddenly, pulling my attention back to her. “Where…Rafe!”

“What?” I ask, baffled but bursting into a grin.

“Where…Rafe!” she repeats, looking around the room eagerly.

laughs and slips an arm around her mother’s shoulder, grinning and

his hair. “I kind of forgot to mention that Gran is…kind of obsessed with the royal family.” He lifts his chin towards the corner of the room, and I turn to see a picture of my mom on the wall, looking saintly and smiling beatifically, holding a little baby Rafe in her arms, their cheeks pressed together. A

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burst out laughing, turning my face back up to his. “She is going to be bummed when she found out that it’s just the Princess today, and

again, clapping her hands. “He so…handsome!” Luca’s mom laughs, picking up the end of our conversation.

her wrap me up in her arms too. “I always prayed he had a mate,” Luca’s mom whispers to me, holding me tight, and a true warmth rushes through me at her words.

pulls back a little, and cups my cheek

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Luca groans, reaching for me. “I’ve been telling her

shaking her head. “You’re right, you’re right!” she

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