Rose kept staring at the ceiling as she waited for Rune to finish preparing the bathtub.
When he stepped out, his forehead sweating, she emptied her current thought by asking, “I’m curious. How did you get this house? Do you have a job?”
“It is not hard to make money in this country. With the amount of gold I obtained while I was still Alpha, it is easy to get heavy cash.”
“Gold?” Her eyes turned a little alive. While they were in the Brunia Pack, her eyes deadened a lot when the Healer confirmed that her pregnancy was a threat to her life. “Your possessions were not seized after banishment?”
“Why would they be seized? They are mine.”
“Hmm.” She recalled how an impeached president of Bruania had to relinquish most of his personal items for scrutiny. “That’s good for you. I thought y
