Chapter22: Locked Up

*Isla* Sitting in the chair in my room next to the window, I read the not again, ‘Had to go on a quick business trip. Be back soon. Stay safe, M.’ I had found it on my pillow this morning—in Maddox’s room. I wish it said more. I wish I knew where he had gone and exactly when he’d be back. But I wasn’t in any position to ask those sorts of questions. I was just his breeder after all, and even though I felt a connection to the king, that didn’t mean that I was nearly as important to him as I wished I could be. “You’re not planning on sitting there all day moping, are you?” Poppy asks as she comes back into the room after delivering my breakfast tray back to the kitchen. “You have to live your life, girl!” I can’t help but grin at her and shake my head. She has such a unique way of putting things. “No, but, I miss him, that’s all.” She shook her head slightly at me. “How lucky are you to be in a position to know what to miss!” she exclaims. “Did you see Beta Seth?” I decide that changing