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His eyes squeezed shut. "Yes, you do. I know you love your people, and I know you missed them badly. I know you're craving to know how they have been all these while. I know you want to be their leader, because Royalty cannot be denied. I know all that, and I respect you for it."
"You're not wrong, I do want to fulfill my duties and responsibilities, and fill the throne that has been in my generation for centuries." She sniffled, "I do want to fulfill them, but I want to be with you more. I don't want to part from you, I don't want to leave Salem. I want to be with you."
"You know you can't have both. You have been crowned. Your people will be so disappointed that you rejected them, not even a day after accepting them. I know you don't want to do that."
"I don't." She admitted firmly, "My father did a lot of bad to your people and also to our peo
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