We continue to lay there in the same position, our heaving breaths the only sound audible. When he searches for something in my eyes to ask.
" Do you love him?"
The calmness in his voice was like the silence before the storm and I couldn't help but wonder what he would do if I said yes.
Adultery is a punishable crime under the Royal Penal Code.
And if not mated?
Females, until they attain the age of 30 are forbidden to have a relation with any man other than their mate.
After 30, if still, they are not able to meet their mate they are free to choose any man they wish.
It doesn't apply to males, yet the King has followed it. He waited for Emerald for 30 years.
" I. I do. "
Nothing. His face is indecipherable.
He has two options now. He can either reject me, not that it will matter
