"The heir?" "Yes." "We would like to know what you have decided." One of the elders in the great hall replied. "It has been 6 months since you became the Luna and we know that the consummation rites were never performed." I could have scoffed. They never gave me the right to exert power as the Luna in the first place. And this was all because they needed to be sure that I would birth an heir. They paused and I realized that they were waiting for me to speak, "It's pretty obvious that Ryker and I don't even love each other. How are we supposed to get intimate?" "Intimacy is for people who love each other." I added. "That is not always the case." "Love making might in fact, have nothing to do with love itself." "And in this case, it is your duty to provide an heir to the throne." Ano

