Chapter 716

• I didn’t miss the look on Adelie’s parents’ faces, and I knew what they were thinking. Even though we’d abolished the arranged marriage treaty, this is essentially what it was. Adelie didn’t have the freedom to marry whomever she wanted, and I could taste the bitterness they had toward me.
• The organ music filled the cathedral and everyone stood up. Falcon stood by my side as Adelie was led inside by Sacha. Traditionally, a father gives his daughter away, but with us, the king gives away a member of his own royal family.
• Everything was according to tradition and royal protocol. I wasn’t about to let anything interfere with what I had to do. Adelie had to marry me and she had to survive and give birth to my son. It was a future Freya had shown me; my son was going to be important.