Evaleen took one last breath in his musk, focused on hiding her heartbeat, and pulled back. She turned her back to him and was about to walk from him. Confronting him would mean that she would have to tell him the truth and the last thing she wants is to bring his mother into this and create a horrid picture in front of him. He held her arms and stopped her,
“Don’t run away from me. Eva, talk to me.” His voice was so low, he was in pain and she was causing it. She wanted to forget everything and run back into his arms. But she can’t do that, she can’t betray her people. She already feels like she is betraying her people by being safe, back at her castle, and actually about to be happy. If somebody survived that war, then they would be avenging their people’s death but Evaleen blamed herse
