“You summoned me?”
Alys grimaces.
Summoned. It sounds… wrong somehow. She sighs and pushes the half-eaten plate of omelettes away from her.
“Yes, I did. Please, sit.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty, but I’m good right here,” Jayden answers formally.
“Very well,” she sighs again before clearing her throat. “We didn’t get to… discuss anything this morning, but given the current circumstances, I think it’s time we address the mate bond issue… before I start signing documents… in their stead.” She glances at the boatload of folders that her secretaries have organized for her in three separate piles, from the most urgent to the ones that are…well, less so.
Jayden nods but says nothing.
“Before the attack happened, I had already decided to… to reject the fated bond, since you’ve made it abunda
