“Princess!” Arren couldn’t help but exclaim as she saw how badly the Ivory princess was beaten up. She was bleeding everywhere, lying unconscious on the ground. “What happened?” she asked, looking at the human sitting frozen on the next cell.
The human didn’t respond. He just continued to stare blankly at the princess, tears streaming down on his face.
“Princess?” Aki suddenly spoke, hovering menacingly behind her.
Ava realized what she had just done. Slowly, she looked back at Aki, giving him a sheepish smile. “Habit,” she whispered, hoping that he would believe her and not see how genuine her concern for the Ivory princess was.
Aki didn’t respond. He just stared at her as if he was looking straight at her soul. She felt her skin crawl with fear again, making her d
