Ronin kissed her again. Swift and filled with all the longing he could not express in the middle of the forest, with a campsite filled with Knights and soldiers behind them. Thea clung to her Prince, dizzy when the brief embrace came to an end.
‘But-’ She tried to protest but he broke away, holding her hands. He squeezed her fingers.
‘I didn’t ask you to fix this,’ he crooked a half-smile at her, ‘we will make it right, Thea. We’ll get back to Milany and I’ll speak to Gregory.’
How? She wanted to ask, before worry saw her frown. She needed to tell him about Sebastian, their son.
‘Thea?’ Ronin let her fingers fall away, knowing that until everything was resolved they risked too much by being close. ‘Now you’re not avoiding me, will you come and eat with us?’
She tried summoning the co
