Avyanna held her breath at the words of the king. His voice carried all the emotions that were going to make her lose her mind and heart. The emotions that sounded deep, too deep and caring and loving, emotions that were accompanied by pain and regret. Emotions that needed her forgiveness. She was about to yell at him or say something harsh. She was about to explode with how inconsiderate, she thought he was. She was about to do so much more but those words, those words were all she needed to hear. It felt like her heart had been waiting patiently for him to say something like that because they yielded to him immediately. The memories of what he did to Zariek the previous day became vague in her mind, the anger she held onto completely out of the way. And so many emotions began running thr
