Chapter Seventeen: Some Changes.
“What are you doing here?” Ryker asked Ayla.
Ayla stood close to the door as she felt overheated, “I…..I wanted to discuss about the terms of our marriage.” Ayla revealed stuttering.
“Okay sit,” Ryker replied.
Ayla sat down on the bed, close to Ryker as he moved close to Ayla, he stood a step away from her, “Okay, what do you want to discuss?”
Ayla sucked in a deep breath as she felt a tightness in her chest, “About having an heir, I……I am not ready yet.” She looked down quickly, afraid to meet his gaze. Her heart pounded in her ears as she waited for an answer. A laugh, an anger, an exclamation anything.
“I know, it’s alright,” he said gently. She looked up her mouth opened no words coming out.
“You know the high councils. They are right. Aldergrove
