After preparing his meal and personally serving him, he just ate in silence with his dark eyes piercing through me, wondering what else was going on in that deep mind of his.
But all through his meal, he didn't utter a word or even question me like he always does…but to my shock as I was about to leave his statement froze me,”Do not avoid me, Daniel.” His voice sounded so dead and cold.
After leaving Arthur’s chambers, I hadn’t been able to calm down. His words kept replaying in my mind—
“Do not avoid me.”
His gaze. His tone. The way he watched me like he could see the cracks in my disguise forming.
I needed sleep. I needed space.
But what I got was neither.
By the time I reached the servant quarters, two servant maids were already waiting outside my door—whispering, their voices w
