•Dahlia• Now I could understand why people were very wary and maybe even bitter towards me here in the palace. The servants and warriors still believed that I was River’s wife. And I couldn’t blame them. River and I hadn’t actually revealed our divorce to the public. The gist of it was that they thought I was Hayden’s mistress who’d somehow slept her way into being kept in the palace. And though they knew that Miley was my husband’s mate, they were still expecting me not to leave the man. To me, that was insane. I couldn’t understand how these people reasoned. How could I remain with someone who neither wanted or needed me and had his destined mate with him? That was not even the main thing. The main thing was that the people here believed I was hooking up with Hayden to get back Rive

