Alexander POV
I saw her at the door of the Queen's chamber and it hit a nerve. What was I thinking? Why did I ask Arran to place that woman in that room?
For the first time, in a very long time, after one banquet, I walked inside my room unaccompanied. The feeling of emptiness suddenly being diminished.
Does that have to do with the woman across the hall?... My mind was racing and my dragon restless.
I needed air…
I opened the grand windows of my room. They lead to a huge balcony, almost like a take off/landing platform for my dragon.
I stepped outside into the cool air, I haven't shifted in ages. My dragon, although powerful, went into hibernation, since that dreadful day.
It's absence was one of the things that made me feel empty. I closed my eyes, and called Draco forward.
