“MARRIAGE?”
I was pretty sure that everyone could hear my surprise. Even miles back at the castle. I wasn’t that good at hiding my surprises, even though I had become very accustomed to faking my feelings around the streets. It was just too shocking for me that I wasn’t quick enough to gather my wits and show the Alpha King the calmness I should be having.
King Larkin didn’t react to my surprise. He merely looked forward again, inhaling deeply as if the fresh air was doing him good. He looked comfortable. So in his place. So easy to know that he owned the Kingdom. Everything in it. Even the law.
His voice was the law.
His needs and wants were the rules.
For someone to have that much power, you would be accustomed to pretty much anything and you wouldn’t bat an eye at someone else’s di
