Aya's POV
When I had caught up with him, Lok and I were in the forest. Dappled sunlight filtered down through the lightly rustling leaves that moved in the noonday sun. My four guards staying out of sight, it made for a pleasant day.
Reaching for my hand, he enclosed it in his large paw of a hand, squeezing it as we walked down to the river. "Huang now thinks that since I now call you my mate, it will be a power play by me to possess all three territories. I tried to tell him there is no way you'd concede your power over your domain to me. But the damn fool won't listen to reason." he shook his head and then lifted my hand to his lips, kissing my fingertips with a smile.
