Charlotte, not to be outargued, offered her explanations right back to Kiersten in a voice filled with just as much emotion. “My first priority has always been to protect you. The secrets were not meant to deceive. I panicked when Banff contacted me and immediately transmitted communication to Dulsar. If you hadn’t departed Suma to save the people of Windmere, you would have been allowed the opportunity to be introduced to the Prince of Dulsar before the ceremony. And Sid? Do your feelings towards him and experiences with him change because you now know he is the man who sired you? He is the only person who supported me unconditionally when Geoffrey left to rescue the universe,” her hand indicated the space around them, “leaving me alone to rule Suma. Sid has always been there for me, as h
