Four Times Rejected, Destined for The Throne
Even if that meant playing along, no matter what game he was running.
“You must already have surmised that Atticus is the Heir to the Throne,” the King continued. “He is crazy about you. However, given your shared past and the necessary strategic positioning of the Kingdom, your bonding is highly inappropriate. Yet, he searches for you feverishly, and somehow, you remain unreachable to him. Tell me, is your distance due to his deception, the fact that he first presented himself as ‘The Hawk’?”
I nodded, the motion feeling more like a mechanical response than a conscious choice. This all was too much to absorb, too much to hold in one mind.
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