Viktoria POV
Heads turn as I come out of the room. I can feel their eyes burning into my back—some curious, some pitying, most pretending not to stare. The doors slam shut behind me and opens again as Lucille and Kyra rush back inside with a retinue of servants.
Lucille’s panicked voice and the scuffle of footsteps rushing into the room follows me as I stumble away. Of course, they would run to him. They always do. He's their gem. He's my curse. Kaden doesnt join them but follows me.
“Viktoria, what happened? Is Marco okay?” he asks.
Feeling too strung up to even say a word, I keep on walking, past him, past the guards standing stiff by the pillars. Lucille and Kyra didn't even care to know why I'm leaving in this manner. Their loyalty is to their precious alpha. Not one of them sto
