Yet, Lilac just stood there, unable to move an inch. She squeezed her own dress until it wrinkled.
'He is doing that for you, my queen,' that was what Keira had told her when she let her know about the rundown of the mating ceremony.
'I don't want him to do this for me.' Lilac thought to herself, but she couldn't voice out her words in front of everyone.
She would've never imagine that it would be very terrifying just to witness it, though Jedrek didn't utter a word, but who wouldn't feel any pain when a hot rod was being pressed against your skin?!
'It is ceremonial and it was necessary for the king to go through this.' Keira answered when Lilac asked why they had to do this brutal ritual?
A custom of this realm for the royal mating ceremony.
'You shouldn't stop him. Whatever you feel about it when you watch him go through it, you must not stop him.' Keira emphasized her words.
Edited by: Anshu_Bangaram