“I realized something this morning, these past days,” Aldrik murmured. “I am a spoiled prince. No matter how unfair it may be, I do not do well being denied something I want, even if it’s self-inflicted. I have hurt you, I have put you in harm’s way, and I will continue to ask so much more of you the longer you stay near me. Yet knowing this, I seem to want you closer even when sense tells me the opposite.”
Idk why this reminded me of Carden
