Chapter 174

I left the hospital tent quickly, trying to keep the heat out of my face. Ethan had been so quick to dismiss me, telling me to just go do what I needed to do, and I felt embarrassed for even being so concerned about him to begin with. Especially when he was wearing the ring that he had given to Madalynn. I knew he didn't ever have feelings for her, but it was still hard to swallow that he once planned to marry her. It wasn't fair, I got it, but my emotion didn't always agree with my logic. I sighed and headed around the camp, doing the chores that I'd listed off to him, but also doing other ones as well. My goal was to try to forget about Ethan for the time being and concentrate on other urgent things. Now, I knew how he had felt when I used to dismiss him and ignore him when he was the Rogue King, and I was his prisoner. Granted, the situation was different then, but still... being rejected hurt. “Are you all right, my Queen?” one of the citizens who was helping in the supply closet a