His Regret, The Crown's Claim
I turned the page, the parchment crackling like a funeral song.
-Because the Speaker carries the weight of the Divine, the earthly coil is rendered fragile. They are destined for the silence of the temple, not the warmth of the marriage bed-
The next line read and I was trying to understand what it meant.
-To accept a mate bond is to invite the wrath of the fire and the Goddess shares her Speaker with no one. They are dedicated to the Divine from birth, a bridge between worlds that must stand alone-
"No," I whispered, the word catching in my throat. "No, no, no..."