Swinging her whole body away from her husband, Elys jumped at least two meters away from him.
"Gakh!" Aleksander was thrown off balance as his wife pushed him away from her.
He stumbled backwards, his whole six footer build slamming butt first to the ground. The vampire couldn't understand what was happening at all.
What was Elys talking about when she asked him what happened? He couldn't remember doing anything at all.
Had he spaced out back there?
On the other hand, at the other side of the sea of grasses, Aleksander's confused and hurt expression made Elys question her moves. She couldn't find an explanation, but her body was reacting to the whispers in her head to get as far away from her husband.
She unsheathed her sword from its scabbard, its long and shiny blade glinting in the dimly lit forest. The ex-warrior princess swung her sword and cleared her immediate surroundings from the tall grasses that blocked her view.
