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“I am, I feel more balanced”
“I must ask you Anna, are you truly okay withyour teeth on the inside, wishing I would leave you be?”
“I’ht now, at least in this ht back That was the worst part, I was so helpless and evenIt was the helplessness I think At least for now, I am fine” I tilted my head up and pecked at his lips and he stoically pretended to not care, “You can kiss me silly I think it’s just the worst when I wake up frohter I can’t breathe and I’—only that panic is rushing through me”
He did return my kisses then, and for the first time I felt a miniscule amount of arousal insideto be fine and rew hard underor escalation in passion
“I am so proud of how you communicated with your father” He said
“I guess it had to happen soed me I can’t let stuff slide anymore I just can’t I wish he was sincere and he would start treatingthe cause of her loneliness”
“You don’t think he will at least try?”
I shrugged, “I seriously doubt it People don’t really change that ht try for a short tiht make it even worse for mom when he retreats back into what he knows best He is a cold man, and as much as I wish it weren’t so, that is how he’s been my entire life”
I told Oentina that my mom had fallen in love hen she was only twenty one, and the subsequent heart break when he could not choose her and their love, over his fa andWhen I was finished, he kissed hter
He ainst my hair, “I’ve considered what I would do if I was told I had to choose you or my empire”
I waited to ask for the answer Part of me didn’t want to know Instead I deflected, “It hasn’t been an issue has it? I mean, I’ve yet to meet your parents, but it seems you have a certain amount of independence”
“Yes, I arateful for my parent’s leniency in this area”
I asked in confusion, “Are you already the king? Sorry, I get confused, it seems to me as if you are already the ruler”
He let out an ironic chuckle, “My father is still king, but only in a figurehead sense of the word It is I that is truly ruling andthe hard choices In time he will hand over the crown, but for now he is still the seated king”
I nodded and grew quiet as I thought “When will I meet them?”