We just got married…if he had already forgotten? Someone’s in a rush to become a grandfather…“We haven’t really talked about that...so…I’m not sure if Knight wants to have children,” I replied a little hesitantly.Surely, I felt like I was skating on very thin ice right now.“It doesn’t matter if he wants to or not. It’s his responsibility to have children. That’s all,” King stated as he brushed off my concern completely. His responsibility? Why am I still surprised…? “Well…” I murmured. “What about you? Do you want to have Knight’s children?” King asked, getting right to the point. Knight’s children. Not just anyone’s children…not our children…not my children…but ‘Knight’s children’. His choice of words didn’t slip by my mind at all. If it didn’t matter whether Reiner wanted children or not, I guessed it didn’t matter to him whether I wanted to have children or not either. This was simply a trick question with only two answers and that was ‘yes and yes’. I thought of Reiner’s b

“Correct. I guess King did tell you about it. Our sons and maybe our daughters will be trained into soldiers and agents. Then the strongest will take over and run the company after me,” Reiner confirmed with a firm nod of his head. “And you’re ok with that?” I asked as I narrowed my eyes at him. “Of course not, that’s why I said that I don’t want to have children. With my personal preferences aside, if we end up having children, that is exactly what is going to happen to them,” Reiner said with utmost certainty. “No…” I whispered so softly that I barely heard myself. “Yes, your son will grow up and he’ll be trained to fight and kill. Just like I was…” Reiner affirmed bluntly. “No...” I mumbled. It can’t be…There’s got to be another way. “That’s the way things are here and in our family. There’s no rush, though. No matter how much King pressures you, you don’t need to hurry. You’re still young, we can talk about this again in a few years’ time if you’re still interested…” Reiner

“Can you pass me that shovel over there?” Queen asked as she pointed with a finger towards what she wanted.“Of course. Here you go…” I said as I passed her the shovel.The sun was high in the sky and the wind felt pleasant against my face and hair. The weather was perfect for some gardening time with Queen. After going through breakfast, I met up with Queen who suggested that I join her in the garden. I felt thankful to her for finding something for me to fill my Reiner-free day. She taught me the names of the various species of roses that she had in her garden. Although I found the names beautiful and amazing, I only managed to remember a few of them. “How are things with Knight?” Queen asked casually. “Great. Everything is going well…” I replied without providing any more details. It was true. Everything was going well except for one slight issue…“I keep nagging Knight to take you on a honeymoon trip, but he seems so busy all the time,” Queen complained. “It’s fine. We’re not

Reiner was always thinking of me and doing his best to protect me. How could I be so ignorant and stupid?! Reiner, when will you come back? I want to see you so badly right now…Rachael was still going off about something that I couldn’t quite understand but I knew that it wasn’t something good. By that time, I no longer heard a word that left her lips. My mind was already made up as to what I wanted to believe, and I couldn’t control how I was feeling. “Thank you so much, Rachael! Thank you…really. Thank you so so much!” I cried out as I got up from my seat and ran to her side. Before she could snap out of her shock, I had thrown my arms around her body and was hugging her tightly. Tears stung my eyes and when I closed them, the warm wetness of my tears traced lines down my cheeks. I hugged her tighter to me while her arms started to push me away from her body. That only made me try to hold on tighter to her. “Thank you…thank you so much, Rachael. Thank you for telling me all thi

“Is that so?” Reiner asked softly.“Yes…so…umm…it’s all ok now. I just wanted to tell you everything so that you wouldn’t have to worry if you found out about her visit afterwards,” I said with a small smile. “What else did she say?” he asked further. So far, Reiner hadn’t commented on anything, and it was hard for me to judge what he was thinking or feeling and that made me a little uncomfortable. There didn’t seem to be any other option but to continue pressing ahead. “Nothing much really. I guess my reactions freaked her out and she couldn’t wait to get back home after that…” I said before laughing a little. Reiner seemed a little surprise that I could laugh about something like this. He probably thought that I would be mad when I found out about what he had been hiding from me. I didn’t like the fact that he hid things from me, but I had made up my mind to be more understanding about it, so I wasn’t really angry. It didn’t sit well with me that Reiner had to suffer so much all