I failed!

"Is this the person you talked about?" Prince Simon demanded, his very tone showing his displeasure at the sight that greeted him.

He was back in his chambers and wanted to relax and destress at the same time. In as much as Simon was getting unhinged with each passing moment, he had thought that this was what he needed.

Thinking back to the meeting he had just completed with the council members, he felt an annoying headache start to form at the base of his neck.

As a royal, Simon had obviously heard of that bond that the bookkeeper had referred to, but he was not about to accept such absurd reasonings from a madman.

A few moments earlier…

"But she is bonded!"

"WHAT?!!!"

Simon felt the blood drain from his face as exclamation cries went around the room.

"That changes everything...."