Like Husband Like Wife

The update Leonor was most worried about each time one of the King's soldiers appeared was how much ground the dragon could cover with only one flap of its large wings. The way it appeared and disappeared was unimaginable for a beast of its size. 

Even though Countess Micheline had told Leonor she didn't have to pull herself together, Leonor was used to forcing herself to calm down no matter the company. Until she married Desmond, she didn't know what it was like to be comfortable in your own home. Since he wasn't there, she had returned to feeling scrutinized even if she logically knew no one in the room was doing that. 

Her hands clenched into fists but she tried to politely hide them in her lap. One was supposed to receive pregnancy news in a calm environment while what they were experiencing was anything but that.