#Chapter 189: Mind Blown

Charles crossed the small room and gripped my hands. “This is not the way I wanted to announce our engagement. I wanted to do it when the focus could be on you and our upcoming nuptials. I don’t want our union to be a sideshow to everything else that you’ve been accomplishing.” “That’s sweet,” I soothed. “But I’m okay with this. Anyway, you look at it, the public will be celebrating what’s going on in my…our lives. Besides, the sudden announcement might not be a bad thing on a personal level either.” I turned to David and Theo. “Do you think it would help my case with the king if I were engaged to one of the alpha’s? Would it give me any additional power or make him think twice?” Theo shot me a look like I was stupid. “He was willing to poison the Queen,” he said. “Do you think being engaged to an alpha’s going to slow him down?” “I guess not,” I said, disappointment settling in my stomach like rocks. “That’s not entirely true,” David threw in. “It might not slow the king down if