Warning!! Mature Content!!
Cindy's POV
It's hurt thinking everyone in the palace thinks that I used something or did something to Alder that made him claim me as his mate. I never did anything, and I was the one who wanted to get out of this mate thing, but he didn't want to. I feel sorry for him, though; he was king, yet he was being questioned about his feelings about being mated to me. Being royal is quite challenging for him, too.
He had lived for a hundred eighty-seven years, and no one had questioned him ever since becoming king. But after I arrived, they were looking at him differently.
Yes, I hated him for marking me without my consent. It made my feelings for him grow more profound, and I always wanted him. Masha told me to stay here, but I must admit that I like the
