"I am trying to keep you alive." He said.
"And I am trying to help keep your kingdom alive." I said as his expression hardened.
"You were nearly killed in your own garden." He said.
"And I survived." I said.
"That isn't the point." He said.
"It seems to be the point every time you disagree with me." I said.
For several seconds we simply stared at each other and then his anger cracked.
"I was afraid." He said and the admission stunned me as Draven looked away briefly before continuing.
"When I saw you lying there after the assassin struck, I thought I had lost you." He said and my anger disappeared.
His voice had become quieter and there was something painfully honest beneath it.
"I don't want to experience that again." He added.
"You don't have to." I said as his golden eyes re
