The room had been silent for the last few minutes as soon as Lucien made her entrance. The silentness was making the entire air thick. Renee had calmed down from crying and was now her usual self though a little guilty.
Lucien simply wanted to rush and open all the closed windows and let fresh air in. It was only three of them and she did not like this setting.
'Benjamin, hurry up and come back.'
He was with them but left for His Majesty's order. Lucien looked anywhere but not at him who had been silently sending a gaze of death.
When Efthalia finally spoke, every part of her skin felt like spiders crawling across her skin.
"I apologize for being nonsense, Your Majesty." Lucien lightly bowed. "But I deeply thank you for the invitation."
"It wasn't an invitation, and you were 5 minutes late."
