Holiday

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Alison spared another glance to the invitation--an ill-timed action, as it gave Donovan a chance to kick off his shoes and squeal his disapproval. With a sigh, Ali rubbed his hair until he calmed again before retrieving the shoes. "You aren't the king of anything yet, little man, and even when you are I'll still be your mother," she reminds him in a calm tone. Cateline chimes in something like agreement, or perhaps it's only delight in her pretty dress, which Donovan doesn't like at all--but it does goad him into wearing his shoes.

One battle in Ali's favor. And then, to accept an invitation that might cost her the war.