title: Secrets in the Garden
author: Shellea, Ambear
description: Discovering the truth shatters all the deception. Demarko is about to explode. Too many times he watched her suffer at that man’s hands. Too many times he wanted to save her. Too many times he dreamed of whisking her safely away. On the night of the festival, the entire kingdom stood witness as he reached his tipping point. His love for her igniting his rage, he made his move. All of Pedalstem watched as he tried, and failed, to defend not only her honor and station, but her, the woman he knew owned his heart. His grand gesture backfired making things so much worse for her. He couldn’t take it any longer. Storming from the castle, in search of blowing off steam, he found more than he could have ever bargained for. As he entered the garden, wishing for a way to save them both, he stumbled onto the truth. A truth, he knew, not everyone would survive to ask forgiveness for.