Everyone else was silent after that, the king was staring at me and though I was not looking in his direction I could feel his gaze and then there was sounds of Marcus filling both our plates and then he pats my thigh from under the table. “Eat Vera” he said in a low voice that only the both of us could hear. “Just keep your eyes on me” he repeated and I nodded before taking the first bite. I did not realize how hungry I was till the bacon touched my tongue. I fought the urge to moan out loud, after all of our ‘exercises’ yesterday, I had not eaten anything and I was pretty much way too occupied to think about my hunger. “Is it good” Marcus asks, I could he was amused by my reaction to the food, I cleared throat and then shook my head and then nodded, confused. He laughed and added more

