Rekka wasn’t particularly happy about his instructions, but she understood the situation well enough to keep her mouth shut.
“Hadjar.”
Hadjar just sighed. f*****g Morgan! What did he want from the tomb so badly that he would send his own daughter here? And she was now under Hadjar’s command, in a way, despite the fact that he’d already made it abundantly clear what would happen to Hadjar if he showed a man’s interest in the redheaded Princess.
“And you, Your Imperial Highness, will be guarding Annette.”
“Who do you think you are, barbarian?” Rekka exclaimed in outrage. “The Princess guarding the slave-”
“Great!” Akena smiled brightly and stood next to Annette. “I hope that we can get to know each other better.”
Hadjar didn’t know if that was such a good idea, but he knew one th
