"Looks as though you got as much sleep as I did" he chuckled, then tapped the corner of his eye and pointed to her. "Back to normal in less than twenty four hours. Not bad." he said

His gaze drifted to the book in her hand then back to her, "Will we read more tonight?" he asked

As he'd gone about his duties for the morning, he'd come to a solid conclusion he wished he'd come to last night to avoid the sleeplessness. That was simply, the worst case scenario was that the potential queen would find him unworthy and he'd have to search for another. That was all.