I hear Charlie curse and realise that I asked a question about something I shouldn't have known about. His hand moves up towards his face and though I can't see what he does I imagine him pinching the bridge of his nose. "They are with Ryder. He required their assistance with what he had to do this morning." He says it to me softly. I was used to the tone. They used it all the time to keep me calm. I had nothing to be worried about I trusted Ryder and it soothed me to know that he had two trustworthy people and obviously more to guard him and keep him safe. Charlie must sense my nod and he leaves me in the large room by myself. Walking back towards the bathroom I grab the clothes that I was going to slip on before. Ryder was always staring at my legs when I wore the jeans that were so tight they clung to every part of my legs and my butt. I liked the way he looked at me when I wore those jeans and the way that he always seemed to have a hand on my waist. The plush carpet is warm against the bare soles of my feet as I walk out to the common area of the hotel suite. My three guards are sat on the lounge like I usually find them when I get out of bed every day, their eyes concentrated on the television as they battled each other out on some video game. "Your highness," An English accent says from my side causing me to jump slightly. "Oh Henry, I'm sorry." I say back to him with a soft smile. "The apologises are all mine. I'm sorry I scared you my queen. I have prepared you breakfast as per King Ryder's request." He gestures his hand towards the long table and I follow him and allow him to pull out a chair for me. "You mean Ryder told you what to make for me." I hear my guards' chuckle lightly at the sarcastic tone of my voice. They had always found amusement in how easily I had evaded whatever Ryder had imposed on me and how simply he had always shaken it off. Henry seems shocked by my words and he stops his walk towards the kitchen area. "Ah, yes your highness." He seems hesitant as he speaks. "If it's not what you wish I can make you something else." "You can call me Charlotte, Henry." When I smile at him he still seems hesitant but he smiles back. "Whatever Ryder has told you to make I'll like but I don't like how Ryder seems to make my choices." Those words in some way made Henry relax. He bought me over a plate of fluffy pancakes with a dusting of flour over the top of them with strawberries sat on the side. It was my favourite breakfast and Ryder knew that. "Excuse me, Queen Charlotte. Do you mind if ask you some questions?" Henry questions with a small frown as he refills my glass of water. I sense my guards shift at the butlers' interest towards me. They had made out to be that they weren't paying attention to me but they always had eyes and ears on me ready to interrupt at any second. "It depends on your questions?" I say back to him quickly dismissing my guard's distress as I slide a strawberry into my mouth. "It's just a mild curiosity but you're British and human, how did you meet the king of a werewolf country and an entire species?" Chewing on the last of the strawberry I try to think of the best way to phrase the answer. When I don't answer for a while Henry starts to apologise and I hold up my hand to silence him. When I'm finished explaining to him about how I had meet him and how he had marked me Henry seemed to relax further around me. I had left at what had landed me in Caldera in the first place and when I had frozen in my speech when I had gotten to those parts of my story my guards had stopped there game listening in as well. After that happened they allowed me to keep to myself as I curled up on the lounge with my book waiting for Ryder to return. With Colette's help I had finished the first two books of the series and was now half way through the third and final book. Whenever I would read Ryder would sit there watching me as one hand messaged my body and he smiles at me happy that I seemed to be living a somewhat normal life with him. It's just before lunch and it's only Charlie and Cyrus playing the game now since they had beaten Theo out a while ago when the elevator dings open alerting that someone is about to enter the suite. I keep my eyes on the page I'm reading as I feel everything inside me settle with the presence of my mate with me again. "Hey baby," His voice is husky as his arms wrap around me from the back of the lounge. Cole and Reynolds plop down on the other end of the couch watching me carefully as the competing boys start to get louder. Ryder stays behind me his arms wrapped around my shoulders as he presses a kiss to my neck. "Hi," I whisper back to him. Twisting my neck I meet his eyes. He's nervous but he still smiles lightly at me before he leans forwards to kiss me gently. His lips aren't attached to mine as long as I would like them to because he pulls back only seconds into the kiss. "Come with me," he exhales sliding his hand into mine and marking the page of my book before he sits on a cushion beside me. My eyebrows pull up at what he's proposing and I must have had my thoughts open to him and he chuckles lightly telling me that wasn't it. I was actually quite disappointed that what I thought was going to happen wasn't. "Not long now gorgeous," He says that out loud but his sentence continues in my head. 'If you continue to smell like that though, I'll take you right now.' My breathe catches in my throat at the thought and he dares a smirk at me. "Come on I need to show you something." This time I actually go with him but we don't get very far until we are stood in the front entry way of the suite and my eyes land on an older women standing there nervously fiddling her fingers in front of her body. When I stop a few feet away from her she smiles at me before she closes the distance between us. Her arms wrap around me in a tight hug despite Ryder still having a hand in mine. "I'm so happy you're safe sweetheart." She says and I can almost hear the tears in her voice. "I've missed you Heidi," I say back to her wrapping my free arm around her.