"What do you say?" his hands froze, time froze, the palace fading, the voices of maids irritating him vanished. The thoughts forming in his mind went blank. His heart raced, ran and jumped in his ribcage as he stared at her.
Gosh! She had always been so bright? The illuminating candles behind her went brighter by the look of her eyes. He felt like he would be blinded by that light but he could not stop looking at her. He could not stop admiring her. Even when he had hoped, he never believed that she would accept him. Even if she did, it would be because they were married. Because he would kill the royal family and earn her forgiveness. He had thought of a hundred reasons to convince her to stay but he had never thought that she would love him back.
