Hades~
The papers had been delivered for corresponding signing, and even with the pen in hand and the document before me, my mind wandered back to the princess.
Those damn eyes were seared into my memory like a brand, the open refusal to submit to me maddening. She should have accepted by now, yet she attempts to end herself instead.
Her laugh echoed in my head, the memory of that sound making my skin prickle. That smug bastard was right—she had managed to get under my thick skin. Nothing and no one should have been able to incite such a visceral reaction from me. I knew myself to be level-headed and calm, no matter the situation. But that damn woman...
She was too much of a coward to endure a little while of hardship. Yet the way she had put the gun to her head would not leave me. Her eyes had been filled with defiance, daring me to embrace my disdain and end her myself.
