Chapter Twenty-Four.
Aiden let out a long sigh, as he stood with his mate, worried about how Eliza was going to react to the king’s attentions.
“Hey, stop that. Eliza will be fine. She is a sensible young woman. Plus, I get the feeling she is just as attracted to him as he is to her,” Meradith attempted to reassure him.
“That is what worries me. It is too soon. Maybe they should just wait to see if it is a mate bond,” Aiden said, running his fingers through his long white hair, pulling it back from his face and revealing his scars. Normally, he didn’t care about the puckered skin which marred his features. However, with so many new people in the Palace for the trial, some of them being of a highly suspicious nature, he wanted to cover his face as much as possible, to avoid stares or
