The closer we got to home, the more the pain of leaving Elisa subsided. Leaving her was for the best, for now at least. She needs time and space. I kept telling myself that. I just hoped she would wait for me so I could be her first everything, just like I would wait for her. The car journey was a quiet one. No one really said anything, apart from asking how I was doing. I would just grunt in response to them asking. I really didn’t want to talk about it right now.
There are thirty men led by Quinn with us today. After the attack, Robert must have beefed up the escort to be safe. It was understandable, to say the least. Kenneth and I were next in line to rule over the dragons, and I was his daughter’s mate. He knew that, and for some reason, he accepted it. He was incredibly understandin
