"I'll be incredibly thorough," Alex promised. The tour was going to be VIP all access with full service. The First Son did nothing by halves, and he sure as hell wasn't going to start any half-ing with doing Henry.

He led them out of the masquerade, away from the crowd and out into the night before starting the walk to his small but surprisingly cozy little house in Heaven's Bow. Henry might notice that Alex couldn't seem to stop looking over at him, like he was still convincing himself that this was real, that it was Henry holding his hand and coming back to his place and...

So yeah, maybe he was a little swept up. Maybe that was why he couldn't stop the impulse that came next, to lift their joined hands so he could press a kiss to the back of the prince's knuckles.