“I was starting to worry, Your Eminence,” Synn greeted him as soon as their feet touched the ground of her cozy cottage. “You were gone a very long time.” She said, “How long was I gone?” It seemed that the air in this realm seemed to have done something to her mate, for gone was his laid back attitude… gone was his relaxed smile and his teasing smirk. The Alpha King was back, his invisible crown already sitting on his dark, curly head! One would think that Lacy would have been crestfallen at the new development, but even she understood the situation. Something wasn’t right. “You were gone for three months, Your Eminence.” The Mother of Thorns informed him, but Lacy in her confusion poked her nose in their conversation. “Three months? Something must clearly be wrong, because he was

