"If you leave her now, you'll always wonder." I put my pencil down with more force than is necessary. "And what would you have me do, Lynna? Have her leave her dream as the Shadow Commander so she can come home and be a trophy wife in my palace? Renna is not made to be a Queen. She is not made for public appearances and smiling in a dress on a balcony. She is built for bigger and better things. Her and I are nothing, and we cannot be anything more than that."
