Layke exclaimed in unison, abr

surprised by her daughter's outburst. "I wouldn't decide upon this i

the only way." Prince Layke shook his head in d

ross his chest. "Since when were you planning on sea

g for his mate. Mates complicate matters and make it difficult to prioritise. He needed a clear head in order to p

n't need to be married to support each other when the time comes. All Prince Layke

lon advance further than they ever have before." Queen Serena reasoned. "And we need the support of as many pure-bloods

orging the two realms and bonding them by marriage with a hybrid Queen and a pure-blood King would make the two realms toget

st in. Well, he was easy on the eye sure.. but beyond that, no interest whatsoe

cess to the throne." Kin

chuckle whilst doing so. "I need some air." She stated, befo

hought. "Me too." He announced, befo

een started. "T

entire life training for this, studying and dedicating every second of his childhood to learning how he could be the best possible leader he could be. The one thing that he said he didn't wan

under his control as he was deep in thought. It wasn't that Princess Belle wasn't beautiful. She m

ed attention. When she fluttered her long, thick lashes he felt himself melt into a puddle right there and when she pouted

e of distraction he vowed he didn't want. Besides from that, Belle was royal in her own right. When Layke did eventually decide to take a mate, he assumed he would find a wife who

perfect solution. He rushed to his feet as he scanned the grounds, searching for Belle

ayke, what are you doing?" Belle sighed, she thought she had made i

as she waited to hear what was so important the Prince of

eyes and sighed. "Right, wolves can get their mates from 18. Well faeries can't find their mates until th

nd your mate?" Belle asked, her brows furrowed as

my birthday." He explained, emphasising on the latter. "On my birthday, I'll pretend to have found my mate and demand that she be the rightful Queen to Avalon. O

ing directly into his. "So let me get this straight.. you would rather pretend to find your

ing to let us do our jobs and not interfere with how we run things. I don't want my mate getting involved in matters revolving around how

nths and take Midsummer back with her, like all of this never happened. Layke and her co

marry.." Nia, Belle's wolf,

it." Bel