Chapter 13

AUTHOR’S POV

Odessa tried to avoid the King for the remainder of the day, although it was harder than she’d thought because their little outing hadn't just been an outing. The King had gone into the town to visit the complaints he had been receiving for the past two weeks. And he was hoping he could test Odessa’s knowledge and skills that Prince Victor had been boasting about.

Odessa ignored his gaze as much as she could, and she couldn't tell if the King realized it or not. But if he did, he didn't say a word about it.

“This is the fifth time the roof has fallen in. Every attempt to rebuild it is futile. The family has had to move into the pack house whenever it rains to avoid casualties. What do you think we’re doing wrong, Princess?” Odessa gulped and the King smiled. Perhaps not to others, but to him, he could see every small reaction that her body made, especially when he called her Princess. Something in him fluttered knowing that she loved it.

King Kaiden chastised himself f