~Damon~
I strode into my chambers and went straight to the bedroom to check up on Aria.
But I found the bed empty.
“Where could she be?” I muttered to myself scanning the room.
I had just stepped out to instruct the guards on their tasks.
“A–”
I stopped just as I was about to call out her name.
I didn't want her misunderstanding my actions again. Like she did earlier.
“Did she really misunderstand?” a rumble echoed in my head.
My teeth clenched at the question.
“Yes. I was only doing my Alpha duties,” I mumbled to myself.
“I was only being a good leader and since she's my legal wife, what would people say if I stood and watched her struggle in pain?”
But I thought I sounded a bit ridiculous and quickly forced my head to stop thinking.
As I stood, torn, in front of the
