Dylan’s POV
Seeing my father laying on that bed made everything very real to me. I couldn’t believe that he was really going. He had prepared me for this moment from the moment I realized what being the prince meant. He told me that one day I would have to drop everything to take over the throne and that was the reason why he often encouraged me not to get too attached to anything. He often told me not to get attached to anything that was outside of the kingdom and I guess that was the reason why he didn’t want Laila for me besides all the other obvious reasons.
I had already been living without my father but that couldn’t compare to living my life knowing that I would never live without seeing him again. Being mad at him and cutting him off was better because there was always room for r
