Aiden
Dahlia went on her knees to beg her father on my behalf.
King Gideon had done the one thing his power as king afforded him. I wasn't going to be passive with him. He must think I am a pushover. I might not go to war for anything, but I will destroy anyone that tries to take Aspen from me.
"Why do you want the girl so badly? She is too young for you, your Majesty?" I asked him, and there was mockery in my tone. He did not miss it, and it fueled his anger.
"We will do as you have requested," Dahlia said quickly, pleading with her father. She wanted to be queen badly, and she wanted to be rid of Aspen. In fact, this might have been the plan all along.
"That decision is not yours to make, Dahlia," I told my cheating wife, and she began to weep.
"Unlike the bears," I said, looking a
