Chapter Two: Falling, StumblingShe is eighteen when Leo tells him that he should stop burning the letters of interest before giving them more than a passing glance.
He wants to say she's still too young, but that would be lying. She's eighteen and ready to be wedded.
Aiyana is fourteen when he takes the throne from the dying breath of the castle's previous king and master. She is a waifish thing, small and pale, almost delicate if not for the animal seething and growling inside her. She does not snarl when she sees him. Instead, she peers at him through long lashes with wide golden eyes, confusion written on her face as she pulls her upper lip back and scents the air. Her nostrils flare and she frowns, unused to the smell of someone else with a feline shift. She has been with wolves for
