Leigh It had been a restless night for her, her own thoughts just wouldn’t bloody shut off, her father and grandmother had packed her suitcases and brought them to this very room. They were sitting by the door, as were her dads even. A part of her still couldn’t really believe it, that her own dad would make her do this. She had not gone down to dinner, even when her father had requested it of her, had asked for a meal to be delivered to her. She’d still been working on her own job. Had not gone down and signed that mating alliance either, had outright refused to do that. She was not signing her life over to a man that didn’t lay claim to her. Likely would never do so either, just take it that signing those papers was all that needed doing. She actually told her father to, ‘Shove it.’ a

