•Dahlia• The council meeting seemed to drag on forever as things weren’t rushed and each issue was given a significant amount of time to debate about. When the meeting finally came to a close, all I wanted to do was take a long and soothing nap. But I couldn’t. There were more pressing matters to attend to. Like snatching my mate and locking him up with me in a small room. Like me, Hayden was also tired of the meeting and was also the first to set out of the room. Ignoring the kind of eyes River was looking at me and whatever Tyrion was saying in the background, I rushed after Hayden. He walked like he was running but I didn’t even bother to disguise my run as walking, so I soon caught up with him. First thing I did was to push him against the nearest wall. And as he wasn’t expecting m

