Several weeks passed after the dragon's warning and despite everything that had happened, one thing remained unchanged.
I still occupied my own chambers. When we first married, I had expected the arrangement to last only a few days. Perhaps a week at most. I assumed Draven would eventually insist that I move into the royal suite or share his chambers as every married couple was expected to do.
Instead, nothing happened. Draven never mentioned it. He never pressured me. He never complained and he never even hinted that he expected anything from me.
At first, I found the silence suspicious. Then confusing and eventually, I simply accepted it.
Every morning I woke in my own rooms and every evening I returned to them without question.
The strange part was that the distance between us seem
