Chapter 077
DARIUS
“What are you doing lurking by my table?” I asked, closing the distance whilst my heart raced the more feeling more insecure and exposed.
Had he search my study table or was he merely just sitting on it?
“You look gloomy. Is everything alright?” I continued walking into the room fully.
He straightened at once, the tension in his face softening. “I was waiting for you of course. I just got back from the training grounds where I sparred with the guards for a few hours.”
I nodded, taking in the sweat still clinging to his neck, the dust on his boots. “Have you bathed?”
“Not yet.”
I opened the chambers to make sure Sebastian had gone to bed and Pete wasn't lurking around the door.
And then turned my attention back to Adrian, I raised an eyebrow. “Are you coming
