"Nothing new, just that this man whoever he is, is great at hiding. We have no idea where he may be." Alexandro said.

"And there was no one who saw anything?" Jayk asked.

"No, the people all knew the man. Trandell was his name. He was a baker who was adored by all and he was very close to Duke Ashell. The dukes want blood. Human blood specifically." Ryhan said.

"Did anyone note something strange in his behavior?" Jayk asked.

"No, everyone said that this man was on his usual trip to Dwarrel. He sold some of his pastries there every Wednesday. He always travels alone and his son manages the shop at home while he is gone." Baelon explained further.

"I don't believe this was a random murder. This was planned to the letter. And I don't believe in coincidences to. This murder has something to do with Haylee landing in this realm. Her father is the only link we know of. Lets see if we can find another link." The knights nodded.

"There is nothing more worth reporting. This was a wild goose chase and-" Ryhan started to say, but when he looked at his brother he noticed something strange with him and when he saw his brother's eyes he lost his train of thoughts.

"You- you found your mate?" Ryhan asked softly.

When Jayk looked up he saw all his knights and most loyal friends' eyes were on him.

"I wanted to tell you, but I haven't quite processed it myself." For the last hundred years their king has ruled alone and now he finally found their queen.

"You finally found our queen?" Logan said excitedly. The room was filled with excitement. All the knights hoped for this day to come. The day they will finally see Jayk find someone who can make him happy.

"Who is she? When did you meet her? Is she beautiful-" Hagan started to fire one question after the other at Jayk, but Baelon quickly stopped him.

"Easy there Hagan, let the man speak." Baelon scolded before all eyes were once again focused on Jayk.

"My mate is...Haylee." Jayk said as his shoulders sagged and he let out a sigh. Jayk was scared of what his knights might think about this situation.

"That does explain why we became so close with her and why we are overwhelmed with the urge to protect her." Evan explained.

The knights nodded along before they all congratulated Jayk.

"You're not mad?" Jayk asked as he looked at his most trustworthy friends.

"No, why would we be?" Logan asked.

"Because she is a human," Jayk explained.

"Jayk she is your mate. And we are thrilled to have her as our queen. Right boys?" Ryhan said all the knights nodded with grins on their faces. Jayk felt how an invisible weight lifted of his shoulders.

"Now lets go greet our queen," Hagan said.

They were about to leave when Jayk quickly stopped them.

"Wait! She doesn't know yet." Jayk quickly exclaimed.

"Why not?" Ryhan asked.

"Because I wanted her to fall in love with me. I didn't want to spring this all on her. I didn't want her to feel forced to love me," he explained.

"Well then you have to spend more time with her. And we're going to make sure you do," Hagan said with a wink indicating that this was a promise that he was going to keep.

And they did keep their promise. For the next two months Jayk spent every free time he got between meetings and sleep with her. Jayk felt the bond between them strengthen with each shared story or board game. The knights only stood guard during the nights and when Jayk had other matters to attend to. But when Jayk was free they would quickly make up excuses to leave the two alone.

During these times he spent with Haylee he could forget about all his worries and murderers and he could only focus on her.

Haylee cherished the times she spent with Jayk. He was an amazing ruler and she wished more and more that she could stay here permanently. But she had to go back to her parents sooner or later.

During these two months she became stronger and she could walk the stairs to Jayk's chamber without crutches. And she could walk for longer times. At the end of her fourth month stay the doctor came to give her a check up.

Haylee was alone in her room when he came by. When he was done he told her that she was well on her way to recovering fully.

"Does this mean I can go home now?" Haylee asked excited to see her parents once again.

"You are fit for travel, but I think you should talk to king Jayk first." The doctor said before he hurriedly excused himself from the room.

Haylee thought it over and decided that she would go and see Jayk immediately. Hopefully he would be in his chambers. She slowly climbed the stairs one by one and when she finally reached the floor below she felt like she accomplished a great feat.

When she opened the door that connected to Jayk's chambers she saw that it was empty.

"Jayk? Are you here?" She called as she closed the door behind her. Her eyes took in his big spacious room. There was a huge king size bed in the middle. Across from the bed was a big fireplace and behind the bed was huge curtains that was pulled back showcasing a huge window. There were two doors next to the fireplace one on the left hand side and one on the right hand side and one next to the one she came from. The room were a dark blue colour and the curtains were a lighter blue colour.

When her eyes fell on Jayk's crown that was on his bedside table she immediately felt herself pulled towards it. The red jewel beckoned her closer as she was hypnotized with its beauty. She was overwhelmed with the urge to touch it.

Haylee reached for the glowing jewel that was nestled in the crown. This jewel was bewitching her. As her fingers neared it a hand grabbed hers out of nowhere before spinning her around.

She lost her footing in the spin and quickly reached out to steady herself. Her hands landed on a very strong, naked chest. It was covered in small patterns of blue scales. Scales that reminded her that these people were indeed dragons.

She traced the scales with the tips of her fingers as the person stiffened under her touch. She forced her eyes to move up and when her green orbs connected with the familiar blue orbs of Jayk's her breath caught in her throat.

"Don't," he said softly. His eyes not leaving hers.

She was suddenly overwhelmed with the urge to kiss him. Spending the last few weeks with this man has caused her to fall in love with him. She knew she  shouldn't have allowed herself to fall in love with the dragon king, but she couldn't help it. She never thought that it was possible to feel so strongly towards anyone in such a sort space of time but she did. Looking into his eyes made her feel at home and made her forget about her parents. With one glance at his eyes she knew she couldn't leave this place permanently. Being away from Jayk would break her heart forever.

"Jayk..." She whispered. She wanted to explain her feelings to him but she didn't have the words to.

"Yes..." He said softly.

There was a wave of emotions hitting her and in this wave of emotions she felt her eyes move to Jayk's lips for a millisecond, but that was all invitation that Jayk needed before he lowered his lips to hers. That simple gaze told Jayk more than a hundred words could. He could also feel her heart beat increase and when she admitted to have fallen in love with him in her mind he couldn't help himself.

He felt her heart beat increase the closer he drew near and his own heart beat matched hers. He couldn't believe that he was finally going to kiss his mate. He couldn't believe that she also shared his feelings. For a split second he felt overwhelmed with grief from hiding her parents' death from her, but he quickly chased it out of his mind.

Finally he would get the chance to kiss his mate.

He could feel her breath against his lips. Their lips were almost touching when a loud knock echoed through the room and they both sprang away from each other. The trance they both were in was completely broken.

The door bursted open and Ryhan entered.

Ryhan's eyes moved from Haylee to Jayk before it settled on Haylee.

"I need to speak to Jayk urgently." Haylee nodded before she gave Jayk a last glance and returned to her room.

Jayk watched her walk to the door; their eyes met for a millisecond before she closed the door.

Jayk waited a few second just to make sure Haylee was completely gone before he turned his fuming self on his brother.

"I hope this was worth ruining the most perfect moment in my life for."