After that episode, Lysandra was always flushed whenever she saw him or just heard his voice.
If Queen Lilli felt there was something amiss with her son, she did not comment. But Lysandra often caught her staring with concern at the prince.
Prince Arvinson had become a stranger to her, gentle but detached.
Meanwhile, her attraction to him was getting more intense each day. She had been kissed before.
She did not remember the name of the boy but he held her painfully before slobbering her on the mouth wetly. She had suffered his stinking breath the whole time.
Afterwards, she wiped her mouth with her shirt and slapped the grin on the face. "Learn to kiss!" she shouted at him. She was eighteen then.
With Prince Arvinson, the time had passed by while they were tasting each other. They
