He was holding my hand. Why was he holding my hand? And even if he held my hand he should let go of it by now but he refused to do so. In fact he was running his thumb over the skin of my hand, which was causing me to shiver, but I hope he’d think it was due to the weather.
“Let’s go inside. I do not wish for you to fall ill. You still have a lot to learn and I will not allow anything to come in the way,” he stated before dropping my hand and walking in the direction we’d just come from. I didn’t say anything to him and followed him back to his Palace. Arkin was taking some bold steps when it came to me and I wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or not. People would question him if they got to know he was keeping me company while everybody watched. And if they weren’t happy, then they mi
