Chapter 16
AXEL
“What is it about this guard that she keeps going in search of?”
I was annoyed and troubled by her constantly trying to acquaint with him.
She seemed so overtaken and smashed by his presence and she smiled and warmed up to him, brushing his arm occasionally.
The sight of them piqued my heart with deep seated jealousy and I moved faster than my legs could carry me down to the hall to stop her immediately.
I was intercepted by Elder Sebestian as he was halfway to my throne room.
“The man I wanted to see!” he yelped as he got closer to me.
I smiled impatiently, wondering what he wanted to see me for.
“Is anything wrong?” I asked, my gaze darting from his face to the hallway, as I wished Vanessa would somehow appear there.
I was terribly unsettled.
“The treaty is abo
