While Mikhail and Camille were fixing their mate bond and relationship, Carl and Angelo were talking outside. They both knew how important the phoenix and the ice princess mating were to Alexei.
Of course, they would never force the two, but they were not going to pretend like Mustafa wasn't in their dungeons or that the Vazirian war had effects on the alliances in the supernatural world.
They had lives to live, they had people to protect and more importantly, they had a home to restore back to normal. And that would never be possible with Zarinah on the loose.
There were times when Carl wanted to whine about his mother but he knew what had happened already happened and it was pointless crying over spilled milk. There was more to Alexei than the mother he had lost years ago in the attack that she had orchestrated.
