Zierra and I both stayed silent as my mind worked through what I was told. Sje's royalty, elven royalty! Godess I've been flirting with an elven princess this whole time. The panic I felt never made its way to my face as I finally took a calming breath and ran my hands down my face.
"So you are royalty?"
"Technically, at least to my people, yes," her voice was still quiet and she kept her eyes fixated on Shade who was resting his head in her lap. She was waiting for something, for me to explode with shock or anger or to start acting weird around her.
"But you never wanted to be did you?"
Her head snapped up. "No. I had plans, plans to step down and give the royal duties to my brother, he was always better with politics anyway. And my mom knew that, she understood that, but then something changed."
"Can I ask what?" She squirmed in her seat, clearly uncomfortable. "You don't have to Zierra," I assured her. "I am mearly curious."
