NOT liking how erratic the heartbeats of her mate, Solana stopped dancing. Her eyes went to Villel who had her head down.
She frowned. She did not like the cunning smile she saw on her grandmother’s lips.
With her enhanced hearing, she listened to the conversation on her family’s table.
“I stopped playing around when I met my mate, mother. My daughter will do the same.”
“Queen Alida, if your granddaughter decides to find a suitable partner for her, I will let her go. But until she finds me enough, I’m staying.”
“If you’re enough, why aren’t you mark by her?”
“Queen Alida!”
“Mother, it’s for Solana to decide that.”
“Mark? What mark?”
Annoyed by what she heard, she exhaled.
She was about to march toward her mate when Anushka pulled her back. Solana almost forgot that she was dancin
