Inside Her
As soon as the sun had set, the King and Queen's convoy quickly had a stop at another inn to rest for the night. With his worry still present, Darius immediately called for Aurelia to take a look and check on Xen as soon as they were settled in their own private chamber.
Unfortunately, despite the reassurances he got a while ago from Aurelia, he still couldn't help but feel worried. It was the first time he had witnessed Xen acting like that. He had even instructed his men to go back to the castle in secret and double-check everything being served and prepared for them, including the servants and the head cook assigned to the royal kitchen.
[And what about our mate still being annoyed at you for tricking her into putting up a wall against you in the wrong way?] Zeus scoffed. [I told you it would backfire on you sooner or later.]
[How come you didn't remind me about it then…]