10
Light streamed through the trees of the forest and the birds sang, none of them seemed all that bothered by the two of us walking through the forest, even if Sapphire was sitting on my arm.
"I'm glad you could get away from queenly duties for an afternoon," Jonathan said, breaking the silence between us.
I snorted. "I'd say it was more running away than getting away."
"Even so, I'm glad you did."
"We'll have to take back some rabbits or something to make it up to them," I supplied.
"Are rabbits really all you want to try for?" he joked.
"I don't want to carry anything heavier," I supplied. "But rabbits, I can make you carry."
He chuckled.
The urge to reach out and take his hand was more intense than I wanted to admit. I pushed the thought aside, knowing it wasn't wise to let my
