It's surprising how quickly time seems to pass. It's been three months since Soren arrived in Veridian and became Queen. The wedding ritual, devouring the marrow pear, his first night with the young king, his pregnancy. He's been through it all.
In the end, after a lot of difficulty and tears, he had to let go of all his Knight Commander stuff but not his pride. He had managed to keep his pride, just like Lucian had told him to. The Knight Commander was dead, so the Queen must live.
He had been through the nausea and vomiting because of the pregnancy, the "softening" and the loss of all his abdominal muscles. He hadn't wanted to admit it, but it was all thanks to Lucian's help.
For three months, Lucian never stopped coming to his bedchamber every night. His routine was always the same, he'd come in, ask how his day had gone, give him a little pat on the belly under the covers. At first, Soren wasn't too keen on these seemingly ordinary days, but he got used to them over time.
