Lifting her gaze to the man in front of her, Maxine swallowed, contemplating what to do. This man before her was even the first person to accord her a princess after the binding. She wanted to fire back at him of course, as the memory that this man almost saw her nakedness haunted her but her discovery about who he was couldn't let her.
He had claimed to be the man in those books. With his red hair—not that having red hair was rare but his eyes were copper red making him look inhumane. Many times she asked herself if other people saw what she saw and was seeing now—his scary eyes. If they had, why were they silent about this?
"Greetings, My Lor—" she immediately rectified herself, "Your Highness."
This man had lied that he was a Duke and she had belittled him by letting him know that he was like any other gentleman, it was no surprise that she was cowering in fear after realising that he was an imperial prince. Worse, the next in rule after the present Emperor.
