MARIETTA
“What was that about?” I asked Crista, unable to stop myself from smiling as I stared at her, and she glanced at me with raised brows, looking all innocent. She and I were currently massaging Brynna’s lower legs with a mixture that the physician gave us and the only reason that I was bringing up the kiss now instead of immediately after Milan and Mercer left was because Marcian’s mother had made the atmosphere here awkward by ordering the injured guards and maids to go to the other physician’s workplace because ‘The Emperor’s children were being treated here’. So it was just me, Crista, Brynna, Arianna, the physician, a maid, Marcian and his mother that were in this room now. The woman was a massive b***h but of course, I couldn’t and wouldn’t say that to her face.
“What was wha
