"Are you ready to sit and talk now?" Axel asked me the next day at breakfast. I stifled a sigh as I looked up into his green eyes. "As ready as I'll ever be." I responded non too excitedly. Axel groaned "Anna, you know this needs to be discussed." I ran my hand through my long hair "I know." I finally sighed. And I did. As much as we needed to have this discussion, I also dreaded to have it. My mind couldn't grasp how this would work, how we could be in two places at once, run two kingdoms at once. "I'm not going to lie, it's going to be hard." Axel murmured. I glared at Axel. I forgot how sometimes my mates could read my most forefront thoughts, and I still found it unnerving. Even if I could do it myself, though I tried not to. "Stay out of my head." I growled. Axel's eyes hardened. "D

