“And I love you.” Rais smiled, an intimate expression meant just for her, then laid his hand on the door. “Let’s go meet your people, Avani. Our people.”
There was no room for nerves when she could feel his love in the bond that grew between them with every passing day. Even dressed in his royal finest, she still saw the man instead of the king, and it was the man she smiled for, even as she let the king lead her out to meet their people.