The king left in a hurry. Sei was watching Iris. On her face, on her body, absolutely nothing could be read, as if she were just a petrified statue on which you could read nothing. Expect an announcement from an heir soon? Or not? He wanted to know ... he felt uneasy about it because the kingdom of shadows needed an heir and he needed her, but ... if she had given birth to Dai Hu's heir, then ... Iris would have belonged to him forever. And he had to prepare for that option too. He was not her husband, but he could stay with her, at least try to get anything from that connection between them, if the Saruman had allowed him to. It was already painful but... if that would be the price to stay by her side, he would pay it.
He didn't consider how Iris would react if her saruman had conveyed t
