Fabio hadn't been this happy to see the palace since that one time he managed to get lost in the woods as a foolish pup. Weeks of travelling with Giselle and that dazed lady companion of hers, the ambush they suffered on the road to Ashdale and their impromptu visit to the Karlsson Villa has left him rattled and mentally exhausted.
Lord Karlsson hadn't sent them off without a few parting gifts and a promise that his son would do him proud at the upcoming Proving. Fabio found himself hoping desperately for latter to not come to pass. It was only enough that a strapping and promising young Alpha like Oliver Karlsson was joining this year's Proving, he simply didnt want to think of the boy's stupid dopey eyes looking at Giselle again. Or smiling at her while he won match after match. Or kissing her hand in that faux polite way that makes him want to…
