I wasn’t certain if she was telling that it was sothing normal or expected for the king to love many won at the sa ti. For so reason, that thought weighed heavily on my mind and in my heart. After allowing a short mont of silence for to take it in, the duchess continued with her explanation.
“At the sa ti, I think he was just doing his job of making sure that the royal blood line is secure by producing more than one Ultimate Alpha heir. I didn’t know this before until I went through it myself, but it is extrely difficult to conceive an Ultimate Alpha and the pregnancy journey is usually difficult and not at all smooth. Because of that the king probably expected that he could only get one Ultimate Alpha heir at most from each of his lover and he ended up being right...” she explained patiently.
“Oh...” I murmured in slight surprise.
“As you can see from the results, we all sohow managed to give birth to one Ultimate Alpha. None of us were blessed with a second child and it would be fair to say that we tried quite hard. Then there are countless won who have mated with the king without any results at all. In terms of ensuring the continuity of the royal blood line, having more than one heir is necessary. I an, things can happen that are out of our control...” she said before shrugging her shoulders.
She gave a ‘you know’ look without going into the details of describing the death of the chosen heir. I knew that accidents or sickness could happen, and it was always better to have second or even third choices for the heir to take over the throne.
But still...
Although I knew that the reasons seed to make sense, I wasn’t quite sure how I felt about it. The duchess still managed to maintain her carefree attitude throughout our difficult conversation. I could even go as far as to say that she seed to be enjoying herself imnsely. Even though we were discussing the king and the relationship that he had with his wives, I couldn’t stop myself from projecting the scenario hypothetically to my relationship with Prince Leonard.
I wondered how I would feel if the prince had another lover. The sinking feeling in my chest and the tight knot that ford in the pit of my stomach told that I wouldn’t like it. I partly blad myself for getting ahead of myself because I was just his lover and not his wife although he had chosen as his mate for now from the Sacred Chambers. The formal mating cycle happens every full moon and there is no guarantee that he would choose as his mate for next month.
Now that I thought about it, this was another piece of information that I didn’t know about the prince. I had absolutely no idea about his relationship with other won. Before I knew it, I could feel a tightness form in between my brows and that made realize that I had started frowning.
“Co now, Mila. The truth is you’re not truly interested in my relationship with the king, are you?” the duchess asked in a teasing tone.
“I am...” I replied as I snapped out of my gloomy thoughts, and it wasn’t a lie.
“Well, I guess you are but what you’re truly interested in is learning more about how to strengthen your bond with Prince Leonard, right?” she asked before showing a smile that told that she knew it all.
“I...Yes...” I replied firmly after a mont of hesitation.
There was no point in hiding it at that point. I was beginning to understand myself and my feelings more as ti passed by.
“Let ask you sothing in return. Do you wish to be with Prince Leonard for a long ti?” she asked.
I found her question odd. Wasn’t it supposed to be obvious that I wanted to be with the prince for a long ti?
“Well, I guess...” I replied but I couldn’t et her yes because of my own embarrassnt.
“I wish you would make up your mind and be firr about this. Do you or do you not want to be with the prince for a long ti?” she asked again.
To my surprise, her carefree and cheerful expression turned into a much stern and more serious one. The way her eyes stared intensely into mine as she waited for my answer told that she was expecting to put so thought into my next words. I wondered how long she ant when she referred to it as a ‘long ti’.
Does she an a few years or longer or for the rest of my life?
When I thought of spending my life with the prince, I wasn’t sure what picture would co to mind. I just couldn’t see that far ahead and imagine what the future would hold for us. At the sa ti, I was certain that I didn’t want to be apart from Prince Leonard.
“Yes...” I replied simply.
“Umm...I see. Why is that?” she asked as she continued staring at .
“Why?” I repeated her question in surprise.
“Why do you want to be with Prince Leonard for a long ti? What is that you hope to gain?” she asked.
“I’m not hoping to gain anything...” I replied imdiately.
“A selfless love isn’t a bad thing...” the duchess said before giggling sweetly.
A selfless love...
I gasped when I realized that the duchess had used the word love. I had never really tried putting the emotions that I felt toward the prince into words before and because of that I was taken aback when the duchess nad the emotion that I had been feeling. In summary, was I really in love with Prince Leonard?
Just hearing that word spoken out loud made my heart skip a beat and my chest clench with intense longing.
--To be continued...
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