7
RYDER
The fighting was intense.
The warriors’ fighting styles were very similar to ours. Their movements were more graceful; ours are more rigid and precise. No matter what, I still thought I was a better fighter than any of them, and I know I would’ve definitely won. Princess Calista took a quick glance at me when she walked down to meet her guardian, but I kept my expression blank when actually my heart was thundering. I didn’t want to see her bonded to another man, especially when that man could enter her mind and feel her emotions. There was no closer bond a person could have other than marriage.
I could see the shock on Princess Calista’s face when she first heard her guardian speaking to her in her mind. I’d never been so jealous over anything in my life. I didn’t know where th
