"It's not a royal decree, you can tell 'your Queen' no," Sarah teased, but it was brief, for she had fixed on another element of all of this. Palm to palm, the metal warming between their hands as her pendant did against skin, she studied his face, as if trying to puzzle it out on her own.
"You're surprised. Really surprised." This wasn't just the surprise of a gift, this was something he had been genuinely startled by. Over the months, she had become pretty good – excellent, at times – at reading him, but this time, she hadn't called it at all right. She had been expecting a crack about glitter or joking inquiries about his own goblin Secret Service, not honest surprise. It reinforced there was still more to learn, and right now, she wanted to learn what this surprise meant.
"Why?" To her, there was no contest as to sharing this. They were married, their lives were each other's now, officially.