The Lycan King's Defiant Surrogate
Tristan returns through the door, just as I’m stepping down from the stage to return to my post along the side of the Hall.
“King Caleb,” Tristan says. “Madeline, from your harem, wishes to have a word.”
Immediately, Caleb rubs at his forehead again. “Have you told her I’m busy?”
“She insists on waiting until you can speak, even if it takes hours,” Tristan says, giving the King a flat look that says he’s already tried to talk Madeline out of this conversation.
Madeline, I know, can be headstrong.
With another, lengthy sigh, Caleb says, “Show her in.”