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really knew. “She’s different. Maybe it would have been sooner if we looked for foreign to begin with.”
    “Yes! Well, I’m proud of you. I grew up close with both your parents and they would have really liked her. They’d want you to be happy in this way.”
    I wasn’t ready to hear it but he snuck in a quick remark about my parents and I lowered my head to take it respectfully. “Thank you, father. That means a lot to me.”
    Izin put his right hand on the side of my neck, making me meet his eyes again. “I know it does and I knew this day would eventually come for you so go, make us even prouder.”
    I smiled and nodded, bowing my head only quickly. “I will.” I walked back into the bathhouse with the smile still on my face. Things turned around nicely and I enjoyed it. “I don’t know what he said to you, Troy but he wasn’t the least bit pissed when he talked to me.”
    “What did he say?” Ruby asked, watching me get down into the pool next to her.
    “Oh, praising me as usual.”
    “For what?” Zayden wondered.
    His voice seemed curious but also a little annoyed already and I continued to smile and looked at Ruby. “For this hot, sexy piece of ass next to me. My words, not exactly his but he says we fit.”
    “I’m really looking forward to finding out.” Ruby stretched her neck up to me and we kissed, it only made the topic of it all the more sweeter and I couldn’t wait until I could get her alone again.
    “Well, that’s great.” Zayden sighed, starting to get up. “He praises you and he’ll condemn me. Just watch.”
    “I’ll take you up on that bet. It’ll be the first thing he says to you.”
    I laughed to Zayden’s expression while he walked to the edge to get out. It was like he already knew I was right but I only joke about it to make light of the topic. Zayden hasn’t really been happy since we’ve been back with the news of what was to become of him. There were only moments when Adele helped but there were other moments like these, that made the reality of it all the more real and he’d find himself in that place again; a place no one ever wanted to be.

 
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 9
     
     
    Zayden
     
    I dreaded it the whole way. This was pointless. I already knew what he was going to say and how he was going to say it. I didn’t let it drag out for a second when I saw him waiting for me.
    “Well?”
    “I just wanted to make sure that you haven’t forgotten about your engagement.”
    I turned the other way and put my hands to my head. I couldn’t believe that he was mentioning this now. I knew he would have but maybe I was hoping for something else and hoping Darius would have been wrong. “No, father. I haven’t forgotten and I knew you were going to do this.”
    “I know this isn’t what you want but I can no longer wait until you find love. There won’t be time for that if you continue to leave home for months at a time.”
    I looked back into the bathhouse at Adele the moment he said the word love. It’s what I’ve been calling her and what I may have been feeling from the moment I’ve first laid eyes on her.
    “I see.”
    “What?” My head quickly snatched back and I tried focusing on what he had to say.
    “She is beautiful. It’s like I already know her but she’s below you. Fate shows no son of mine wed to a female soldier.”
    “How is she below me? She’s just like me. She’s perfect.” I looked back over at Adele and felt it stronger more than ever. I had to have her.
    “Zayden, tell me you’re not in love with this girl.”
    This was my chance. I looked back at my father, not with full certainty but a vague question. “What if I am?”
    “No! She would not make a sensible wife for you! You’re a Prince and as such you must be wed to a Princess!”
    “How can you praise them for this but not me?”
    “They are not from my blood. Yes, I love them but they don’t have the responsibilities you have. You’ve always known