They had been back in Etriya only for a couple of hours and Ayla was ready to find a vacant room to hide in. While Riah told her that she wasn’t upset with her, Ayla knew she really was but wouldn’t say anything due to her status.
She already missed Thorin’s blunt lectures.
The soft tap of her shoes as she walked the vacant hall towards her father’s office was the only sound heard until she got outside the door, “King Myrdin, please take my offer into consideration.”
“Prince Nylian,” Hearing her father start to respond to the elven prince, she looked around to make sure it was clear before she took a step closer to the door that apparently had been left cracked open, “What happened between you and my daughter?”
There was a pregnant pause, “I am not sure I understand, your Majesty. I th
