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what she felt about him, but she had no clue how to make him see that.
    “No, you don’t.”
    “If you felt for me what I feel for you, you would have never said yes to that man’s proposal to court you.”
    “But you just said you understand that,” Nessa replied, starting to get angry. Was he fine with it or not? She wished he would stop talking in circles.
    “I understand why you did it, and I understand that if you so choose, you could have told him about us. Yes, there would have always been the possibility that it would have upset his family, but if you had let me finish what I was saying yesterday, it wouldn’t have mattered.” Devin’s explanation just left Nessa still confused by the situation.
    “Why wouldn’t it have mattered?” Any sidhe family upset was going to cause them more problems.
    “Because I was going to ask you to marry me,” Devin answered. Nessa stared at him in shock. She had seen the ring on the table where he left it, but she didn’t know that was what he meant by it. She didn’t want to admit it, but maybe she was a little naïve about things.
    “You do know that a sidhe accepting a ring is essentially marrying them instantly,” Nessa added when she finally got her voice back.
    “Yes,” Devin replied. His eyes told her everything, even though he kept his feelings hidden. He did want to marry her and loved her completely. And he was completely correct, she had screwed that up majorly. She didn’t need to say yes to Liam. Her acceptance of the ring would have made his courting null.
    “Let me go get the ring,” Nessa suggested. “If I say yes, then no one can court me.”
    Devin gave her a smile that let a little sadness through the bond. It wasn’t a happy smile.
    “I won’t ask you that question again until I’m sure it’s what you want,” Devin replied.
    Nessa couldn’t help the anger that boiled beneath the surface. It was easier than feeling the sadness of rejection. Nessa focused on the anger. He was back to telling her what she wanted or didn’t want.
    “Why do you get to decide that? Don’t I get to decide what I want?”
    “You wouldn’t have said yes to Liam if you were sure about me,” Devin replied. He might have been hiding it, but Nessa saw the hurt. “Court him or anyone else that you choose. If you don’t want to be with them, and still want me, then I’ll ask you again.”
    Nessa opened up her mouth to complain, but Devin stood. She turned around to see her uncle at the edge of the outcast camp.
    “Nessa, Devin, you are both needed back at the palace. The guests are arriving now,” Rolf said, explaining his presence.
     
    Devin walked behind Rolf and Nessa. They went over who had already arrived, but in reality he didn’t care. He was too busy looking around. Now that Keaton had told him about his power to build the village, he could see everything. Nothing was hidden from him as it had been only the day before as he walked through the village. Where an old tree bent to make the roof of a house, it was individual branches that made up the thatching. The next house was just as expertly hidden, but he could easily see the framework.
    The sidhe were used to the hidden houses, but he couldn’t help the way his own little street turned out. The outcasts didn’t seem to mind. He had to build it from scratch, and it was the best he could do. All the homes were made out of nature but were definitely day-human-style. And of that, it was basically the same look, over and over again. Devin had only lived in one home growing up before moving into the Randolph manner at the age of six. He really hadn’t seen many single family homes in his lifetime.
    As they made it to the palace, Nessa and Rolf didn’t stop when she entered and set off the alarms. They were both too caught up in their conversation. Devin paused at the noisy gate and placed a hand on the nearest branch he could reach, as he had seen Rolf do many times before.
    The trees and bushes