•Dahlia• “A deal?” I questioned, tilting my head right. “Yes, a deal. Seeing as you’re not comfortable staying in the palace and would rather run off before dawn with your condition…” Hayden trailed off, his gaze landing on my belly. I narrowed my eyes on him. We’d barely had any proper conversation and he’s mentioned or hinted at the fact I was pregnant almost a thousand times. “Yeah.” I curtly said. Hayden shifted his gaze from my belly to my eyes, his focus was locked on me and his gray eyes seemed to appear dimmer than they did earlier. “I’ll be honest with you; I’m not an unreasonable person. I know you must be thinking this of me.” “I’m not, Your Majesty.” I denied without hesitation. “Then I must be the one reading the emotions off your side of the mate bond wrongly.” Hayden

