The Alpha King’s Runaway Mate
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Chapter 68: Can we?
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King Mattel visits Regina in the morning, after she has awakened, to reinstate the usual system of guards around the palace and her room both.
When he returns, feeling already as though he’s been gone for far too long - despite it having only been a few hours - he finds Regina sitting on the floor of the room, dressed and wide awake.
The girl is laughing.
The curtains are wide open and a gentle breeze filters in, making Regina’s hair dance with the motions of the wind; her skin is awash in a warm glow, kissed by the light, eyes bright and dazzling as her laughter chimes like a song of bells in the room.
Mattel can see sunbeams, blindingly bright, in the flush of delight on Regina’s cheeks, the curve of her smiling eyes.
She’s dressed in a ruffled, balloon-sleeved chiffon blouse of daisy yellow, a lively, pretty brow tied at her neck; the sleeves, too, sway in the cool morning air.
She’s resplendent.
Dressed in the color of the su
