The day had gone by in a flash and it was already noon when Asteri and Lillith returned to the castle.The accidental meeting with the heir of the Duke of Castellane was long forgotten. Returning to her room she fallback on her soft bed as she relaxed her body from the uncomfortable carriage ride. Lillith had gone to prepare her bath and she was all alone in her room accompanied by the silence of the noon. Her eyes closed, her mind suddenly flashed to the obsidian black eyes that she had seen earlier that day. The uncomfortable feeling inside her chest suddenly burned, giving rise to a sense of longingness. 'How strange..' she thought. At that moment Lillith came in and announced that the bath was ready. Her heavy dress was removed with the help of Lillith and stepping foot inside the water filled tub she relaxed herself forcing out any other thoughts out of her mind.
--Castellane castle--
Maximilian sat in a daze inside his study room paying no heed to the piling documents in front of him. His mind recalling the moment he met the red eye beauty. He remembered her soft voice as he greeted him, earlier that day. It was the most melodious sound he had ever heard in his life. The way she had looked at him or the way her gorgeous silky white hair had fallen beside her face, he had found it all to be alluring. But he was confused. He had never met her in his life then why did she give such strong feeling of familiarity? Why has she been appearing in his dreams? Why did he feel his heart pain when he saw her? Who the hell was she that she gave him such, such intense feelings he had never felt in his life? Minutes passed and finally night came and with that, a loud knocking was heard from outside the study, instantly making him wake up from his daze. Looking out from the open window he saw the bright moon lighting up the night sky. "Come in." He ordered.
A gentle looking man with grey hair came in with a stack of papers neatly clipped in a brown cover. He gave Maximilian a respectful bow and"Master" he called.
"The information regarding Ms. Della Rovere is here." Maximilian signalled him to keep it in his table and was in no hurry to open the file.
"Didn't I ask Ben to deliver this? Where is he?" Ben was the one who went with him early this morning.
"Sire, Ben said that he will keep an eye on
'that' person so he asked me too deliver it." The man replied with a small smile. Maximilian nodded then waved his hand indicating the man to go out. Then the man respectfully bowed again than swiftly exited from the room without much of a sound.
After Lever went out of the room, without a bit of hesitation he grabbed the file opening it harshly. The file contained everything about Asteri, from her routines to her like and dislikes and then her hobbies which was pitifully none and then her relations with her parents and sister. Everything was there.