The King and Queen of the Western Kingdom was silent for several minutes. Cordelia was immobile as she was still under Aleksander's spell. Elys had her face turned away from her husband, and after a while, she heard him sigh deeply.
She felt a gentle hand rub her shoulder, and the young queen turned to face Aleksander's forlorn face.
"You aren't happy," the vampire king spoke with certainty.
"No, I am not," Elys frowned. "Would you be happy, my king? If I betray you, or if anyone whom you have trusted for the longest of times ever did? Let us say, what if Henry betrayed you?"
Aleksander tilted his head and wrinkles showed up on his forehead.
"If Henry would betray me, then I would have him killed the very instant I know of his betrayal," Aleksander said with a blank face.
