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He looked confused. “Leave? What are you talking about?”
“Yeah.” She nodded. “I have the okay, so we can get going. You know, get away. We can finally get on a ship and leave.”
Grux’s expression fell, and he reached for her hands. He gave her a gentle smile. “My love, I think this was a sign that we need to be careful. Your body is already weak. Traveling isn’t a smart idea right now.”
She frowned. He wanted to wait longer? No. She couldn’t. She couldn’t stay here longer than they already had.
“The doctor just said I was good to go,” she said back, disappointed he was telling her no again.
“Yes, that you were good to get moving as in getting out of bed, not get on a spaceship and run to another planet where they may not be able to help you. The stress would cause problems with the baby. We can’t travel. You need to take it easy, like the doctor said. Space traveling isn’t taking it easy, Scarlett.”
She scowled at him. “Grux, I don’t want to stay here.”
“It’s not forever.” He squeezed her hands. “Just until the baby is born. You’ll regain your strength after that. Once you do, we can leave, knowing you both will survive traveling. In the meantime, I’m going to find us a way to connect with your family.”
She opened her mouth to say something, but someone called for Grux. She snapped it shut.
An advisor walked up, giving them each a nod. “The king requests your presence.”
She sighed, frustrated. They needed to talk. Badly. But she knew Grux would leave. He always did when his father requested him. And he had to. Otherwise, the guards would drag him there.
Grux nodded and looked back at her. “We can talk later tonight. All right? We can take some time to figure out what we want to do.”
She didn’t like the idea, but she couldn’t tell him no. So, she just nodded, and Grux left. She stood in the room by herself.
She couldn’t stay in the palace. Everything that used to amaze her just made her angry. So, she went out back to the garden. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Nyla watching, so she kept circling the gardens, waiting until someone came up to speak to her guard. As soon as Nyla’s eyes were off her, Scarlett slipped out of the main part of the garden.
She wanted out of the king’s presence and away from him and his guard dogs for a while. So, she kept walking farther and farther away from the palace, checking over her shoulder that no one was watching her.
The more she thought about the king, the quicker her legs seemed to move. She was irate.
She didn’t want to stay here and have her child. She didn’t want to be involved in royalty, and she certainly didn’t want to bring her baby into it. She wasn’t going to raise her child here.
She hadn’t been to these parts of the gardens before, which were slightly more overgrown. She went around corners and underneath tree branches. She just walked, allowing her feet to take her anywhere.
She wanted her freedom. It seemed each time they got close, it was ripped away from her all over. She was tired of it. She was tired of everyone denying her the most important thing to her.
Sheneededher freedom. She had lost it so many years ago, and she wanted it back. She hadn’t run away just to be stuck in another place.
If she had her baby here, her child would be stuck. If she couldn’t get away now, she knew she wouldn’t after the baby was born. There would always be a new reason they had to stay.
The baby was a newborn, and they couldn’t leave. The baby would be too weak. They’d have to wait. The baby would be almost one. They’d have to celebrate here. It would be never-ending, and she would never get the life she wanted.
She growled, walking faster. She wished she could run away, but she knew that wasn’t the answer.
She sighed, knowing the anger wasn’t something she should hold on to. Grux was looking for a ship to protect her, and they’d talk about everything tonight. She knew that he really did want what was best for her.
She shook her head, trying to push it all away. She wanted to enjoy the day. Soon, they wouldn’t be here anymore.
So, she continued to walk, taking in everything nature had to offer her while she could.
As soon as Grux stepped into his father’s study, the king beamed with happiness. It irritated him, but he didn’t say anything about it.
“I’m thinking we should have a celebration,” his father said, holding a smile. “For the baby. We should invite as many people as we can.”
Grux stopped himself a few feet away. He frowned. “Why would we do that?”
“Because.” His father waved a hand. “We can have the bonding ceremony, and everyone can be present so we can just announce the arrival of the baby. Everyone will be overjoyed to hear about that and even more so when they find out about the birth of a new Lorrian. Everyone will just rejoice in this news.”
