CHAPTER 44 I DON'T WANT TO BE ROYAL!

Claire. “Oh, that's true!” I uttered quietly as I placed my hand over my mouth. I needed to think and process all this as quickly as possible. “Claire, it is your fate!” He slowly declared. “Fate! If this is my fate, then I don't want it!” I explained with no iota of interest. There was a minute of silence as I watched Declan look at me. I could feel the tears pricking at the corner of my eyes as I experienced mixed feelings, and I felt I needed to be grateful to some extent. “But why are you telling me all this? What do you expect me to do with all this? Why now? Why now of all time? What am I supposed to do now that I know the truth, my title, and all this? I am so confused!” I asked my eyes everywhere. Now wasn't the right thing for me to know about all this. I am literally dying in a few months, and I am having a baby who doesn't have a father. How is all this supposed to excite me and make me whole? Nah! I was beginning to tear up as I looked out at Declan, and his expressio