#Chapter 162: The Choices Made For Love

Roman drags me back toward the palace. After giving the location of the killed and unconscious rebels to his guards, he tugs me against him more fully, lifting me up into his arms, and carries me all the way to his room. Once there, with the door safely behind us, he starts to pace back and forth in his room.

He does not let me down.

“Roman…” I say gently. “I promise I will stay here, but you have