Taking a deep breath, she said, "But, Grandfather, what if it's true? What if the goddess does turn everyone human if I don't mate with the man she believes I should?"
He stared at her for a few minutes, then shook his head. "I will not change my plan over a silly dream that is nothing more than your girlish wish for some fantasy of fated mates. We don't have time for this nonsense," he said firmly. He released her wrist and turned away. "It is a bunch of scratches, nothing more. Now hurry up and get dressed, or we'll miss the battle."
He spoke like they were going to a feast.
Wait a minute.
"We?" Wayrian asked nervously.
"Yes," her grandfather said firmly. "You're obviously distracted by this dream, and if no one is there to remind you of the seriousness of the situation, you will miss the chance to impress Prince Verrian. I can't have that. He may notice one of those humans instead. I will have to come with you."
Come with her? Wayrian's shoulders slumped. It didn't matter that she'd given him the information he wanted, he was still going to come. It was on the tip of her tongue to point out that the mark on her wrist couldn't mean she was supposed to mate with Prince Verrian, because she'd never met him and he wasn't forbidden in any way.
But she knew that wasn't going to convince her grandfather.
She had thought that hearing him dismiss the dream would help her to do the same, but it didn't. Somehow, it only made her more convinced that it had been real. It made her hope she might have a purpose greater than her grandfather's prejudiced goals. But there was no point in saying that. Once he had his mind made up, nothing would convince him to change it.
She bit back a sigh. "Yes, Grandfather," she said in a small voice.
She pulled the rest of her clothes on as she followed her grandfather out to the human vehicles, the memory of the dream and its possible meaning pushed aside by a jolt of adrenalin at the fact that she was about to go help defend Prince Verrian as the human woman woke him.
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