I was enjoying Charles' company, just laying in bed naked together. Charles looked deep in my eyes as he stopped playing with my hand and interlocked our fingers together.
"I have to tell you something." He said and my stomach instantly knotted up. "The reason I let you go, back at the fairy pool, was because I couldn't mate with you then. I knew you wanted to be mated, but I couldn't bring myself to do it just yet. I wanted to wait to make you mine. I wanted you to be successful in all your studies, undistracted by me. I was also worried that I would keep you from your elf side and duties when we discovered you are technically a princess. Star said that it was hard to take power if you're already mated." His voice sounded small.
I could tell he was still beating himself up for letting
