Adeline stared into Jasper’s green eyes, the warmth of his hands framing her face and his body near hers was all it took to banish her tears.

Jasper was here. He hadn’t fled the ball.

As she’d pleaded with Alistair, she’d feared that Jasper was gone forever. That thought hadn’t deterred her from confessing her love for the man or any consequences that followed, though. She’d been prepared to suffer them in silence, resolved to her fate, and all because she’d found the strength to speak her true feelings. If Al