He soon joined the elders and they exchanged pleasantries before he returned to where I was.

"How else do you all want me to speak to him concerning this?" My father asked, turning to the elders who also looked perturbed by my indecisiveness. "I've warned him about the repercussions of not having a mate before he's crowned but he always sees it like I'm being on his neck."

"Dad? Why are you here?" I was already impatient and I could no longer stand there watching him expose me before the elders.

They were not worth all the explanations he was giving, so there was just no point going back and...