"It's past two in the morning," Selene said while adjusting the folds of her sleeping wear and crossing her bare legs as she leaned back in her chair.
Spain gulped upon seeing effortless seductive fiancee seated next to him before turning to Dalton who knocked at very untimely manner. "This better be important," he warned.
Dalton handed them a letter with a dragon stamp that signifies the sender is from the prominent Assassin's Guild.
"What's this?" Spain took it and read the content. Shock is evident on his face. The blood lust he felt when he was walking with Selene isn't coming from an assassin but from a mage. A powerful one. Assassins and mages are not in good terms. Assassins honed their skills to kill and develop tools that magnify mana and use mana even if you're not a born or trained mage. But, what's common among them are they did not pledge loyalty to the royalty. At some time, royals and nobles hire assassins to do some work for them over mages. The reason is mainly mages capability is still uncertain and it is being feared. Being the heir in Leviathan household, his head could cause a bounty of a thousand assassins and a hundred of wanted mages.
Spain crumpled the paper. 'This is nonsense,' that's what he thought. They are asking for Selene as a payment for his protection. How would he let that to happen now that Selene has finally softened and opened her heart for him. And why would they need Selene? That's what puzzles him. He looked at her who is confused staring back at him. He walked towards the hearth and lit the woods. He burned the paper. Selene stood up. "What's in it?"
Spain turned to her. "It's nothing important." He reached to her cheek and caressed it. "You look exhausted since you're reading nonstop." And smile gently at her.
"Spain," Selene used her charm and her sweet voice, meeting his crimson eyes to make him tell her the truth. "Why would I be here if I am not needed?"
He sighed in surrender. Selene's face lit up but gloomed after hearing his common spiel when he is in trouble. "It's nothing that I can handle. Besides, I have Yofiel and Dalton with me, my love."