Not only was Anna sleeping with Dax, the giant General, but she is also now participating in the tournament— a tournament she swore she wouldn’t join. She really is abandoning me now.
No.
I can’t think like that.
Anna would never do that to me, to us. We just have to talk about it… surely. When she gets back to the castle? When would that be? The tournament could last for weeks or months. She didn’t give me any dates for her return.
What if she doesn’t come back?
What if she stays there?
What if, instead of being the Queen, she becomes an Alpha?
Enough.
I have to trust Anna.
I have to. That’s what partners— or whatever we are— do. If I ever hope to have a future with her, we need to have that trust between us. Always.
The entire day went on as I locked myself in our room, our
