Aidan's hated mate

lvania

i

etter, while I leaned too short a bow, fight with a sword, arm-to-arm combat, ride a horse and so m

o years you have pushed yourself hard. I am proud of y

I say "but I am bus

y father

time. Besides, lady Charlotte was ve

my full a

rt pounding fast at the thought o

k," my fa

ek?"

my back. "Come, son. We h

ike a year has passed since the mome

ning myself, when som

s it?"

other.

to put a shirt on wh

u feeling?"

y Charlotte. She is just as excited about me

hanged any bit in the

to the ball hall to wait for my mate. When I get into the ball

y son, Prince Aidan,"my

l talk with lots of

see her entering, my heart pounds like it is ready to bu

ber. She had grown a lot. She is t

and I take her right hand into my hands

ady,"

," she say

ember,"I say, looking into her vio

" she

re dancing and spend the rest of the ni

ces, I see that

sh to rest

trouble for the

rest a bit in

her to the outside garden,

it there

ench, I help her sit and

d not believe my ears. The last week seemed like an eternity, an

see you, my princ

cheeks turning red. Is she

something to make

my Pr

ore. I have to te

mething that I want t

nervous. I take one or her hands on

, my lady. There is noth

pens her fist, I lift her pa

my lady? Do you know th

vous in your presence. I don't know if you find a su

chin and tilt her head so

don't want another mate.

shed ev

just once, I know that I will have the strength

nod, and I press my

et as the lips of my beloved lady. B

lady. Should

and I take her han

g. I am reluctant of leaving her out of my sight but there is nothing I can

ared with my lady. It was the first time I

nds a full week at the palace

time," I say the da

to the Goddess that we w

and help her get