Negotiation

King William and other warriors returned shortly after. The barbarians were the last to appear. Together, they all had managed to defeat the first wave of the dead army but that wasn't the desired end there was more to come. And this time those leeches were armed with magic. Rosalie didn't have many run-ins with the magic and witches. Her aunt was all she knew in the name of witches and she was no more in this world. The nation was in dire need of the antidote that the barbarians possessed. There was no way she was going to cow down. She will propose the deal once more to the Hadar and if he declines again then she will be left with no option but war. She will launch an attack on the barbarian if need be to obtain the antidote. But that had to wait till the mating ceremony.

She had always thought that the day of her mating ceremony would be the best day of her life. It was always Ryker in her imagination, marking her.

Her stomach churned as she thought about the approaching marking