Stuffing himself back into his pants hurt enough to make him hiss, but Solna couldn’t spare a thought about it. The citizens were on their feet, murmurs of dismay quiet after such an outpour of happiness at his and Vius’ union. What else could his people be, except upset that their King’s Consort ran from the masses after such a ceremony? And the next bit of news would not sit well with any of them either. All Solna could do was wait until the crowd came down, and hope Vius wasn’t too unsettled by the evening. Perhaps it would be best if Solna refrained from such intimacies with his new husband, until Vius was comfortable with him once again, at any rate. Solna was not at all fond of watching Vius run from him after lovemaking. Such a shame too. Vius was ethereal in his passion and Solna