We froze, waiting for him to laugh off this terrible joke. If he had another child, then they could take the throne from Zion.
"Is this a joke?" Zion half-growled. I could hear the worry in his tone and I realized no matter how much he talked about not caring about the throne, he wanted it.
"He was never born." I expelled a breath I didn't know I held then I sucked it back in, feeling awful. The king said it with a blank face but for a jolly man, one could see the bitterness on his face.
“I fell in love before I met your mother. She had a pretty smile and then, I felt convinced we were perfect for each other. We just had the small problem of her station. My father was a joy-sucker and it pushed me to search for happiness in a lot of people.” He looked down at his hands, pausing for
