SARGIS' POV
Against every instinct in my body, I left our chambers this morning after making sure she was okay. The soft rise and fall of her breath had been a lull I didn't want to leave as she waved to me. But duty clawed at me like it always did.
My study was already brimming with reports by the time I got here.
The witches and vampires were growing bold, inching their shadows closer to the outer territories like they were testing my reach. And within the palace itself, the court officials were beginning to splinter over one issue I'd managed to push off for far too long.
Narine's public introduction.
It had become more than a mere formality now. On one hand, I had the traditionalists, those who believed the Luna Queen should be introduced within the first month of bonding. On the
