Aira’s POV
I didn’t get to spend much time alone in my room. My mother and Elsa descended, Mother still scolding me about being rude to our guest.
Elsa had gone sullen again. I supposed after all of Knox’s grand gestures, she was jealous and still wishing she’d found her mate at the Moon Goddess Ball.
“Mother, it doesn’t make sense. None of it makes sense,” I explained to her. “I just don’t know what to do about him!”
“He’s your mate. You accept him, marry him, and have about half a dozen grandchildren for your father and me to visit,” my mother encouraged.
I rolled my eyes. “Mother, it’s not that simple. He doesn’t seem to be really interested in me. Still. He doesn’t care what I do. I mean, I started talking about the hospital, and he acted like I was describing grass growing.”
“So
