Loriel soon returned after the hunting trip and, even though he won the majority of the competition that the dukes and lords challenged him, he was not happy and was only looking forward to seeing his wife.
There was an assasination attempt during his first night of the hunting trip and during the second and third day, he ended up heading into the front lines of the nearest city to take care of a sudden attack.
Thankfully he was able to quell the attack and return home to the royal palace.
However, Loriel was surprised that Elise was not enthusiastic about his arrival. Was it another one of those bouts of pregnancy hormones that shifted her mood?
For this time, the two of them had their lunch in Loriel's castle because he needed to communicate back and forth with his men, but now Loriel looked at his wife during dinner and asked.
