#Chapter 144: She loves you

Alexander I couldn’t get Fiona off my mind all day. I led the pack on a ruck march and spent the entire hike thinking about her. Not just about our morning activities, which did keep floating back to the front of my mind. But also… The past few months that we had spent together, I’d changed. I was surprisingly easy to admit this to myself after hours of contemplation on the subject. Fiona had made me change my mind about what I wanted out of our arrangement. And also what I wanted out of my life. I’d always seen myself alone when I envisioned my future. Stoic and singularly focused on ruling the kingdom to greatness, earning my place in history as a feared and fearsome warrior King. But Fiona had given me a new picture to visualize. She had made me see that I could be an even better King with a proper Queen at my side. One that was smart, savvy, clear-headed and poised, who supported me through the rigor and strife of my tremendous responsibilities, and ruled beside me.