Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 75

"What the hell is this all about?"

Finnian was both shocked and furious when he finally realized what was happening.

Standing inside Amara's closet, surrounded by her soft clothes and the subtle scent coming off them, he held onto Amara's wrist, preventing her from leaving.

"I need to meet someone outside. Could you please stay here for a bit and not come out? I'm really sorry about this."

Amara was practically babbling, avoiding Finnian's eyes. She assumed being shoved into a closet like this was probably the most mortifying situation Finnian had ever experienced, but she was out of options. She just had to get through this mess first.

She forcefully pulled her wrist from Finnian's grip, shut the closet door with a thud under his incredulous gaze, and then closed the bedroom door before heading to open the door for Keith.

"Ama, are you okay?"

show and looked quite dashing, though now his hair was slightly ruffled, and his face was full of concern, clearly having rushed

her a quick once-over, and then pulled down her mask to make sure she was unharmed before he finally

panicked by the whole situation, but seeing Keith so worried about her

fine, really. Why'd you rush over here

the show and heard from Cedric that you got mobbed as soon as you left the set. Did you have

couldn't help but ask, his protective instincts kicking in. "I'm fine,

at ten made him hyper-vigilant about Amara's safety. Her heart swelled

the way, who

I

good friends as they were, Amara didn't want to burden Keith with

I should get back to the show. I left in the middle to come here. Get some rest, will you? And if you can't sort out

more regardful comments, Keith reluctantly left, still

from

out of the