Chapter 145: Strange day (4)
Rafael noted how quiet Annalise was as she ate. Completely consumed in eating the food she did not want at first. Her eyes lit up as they did when she first tasted candy. She was just as interested in the coffee that he had offered her. He dared not comment on the fact that she ate and drank all that he offered her.
The little food seemed to give her the energy that she needed. Rafael did not understand why she was not eating the breakfast prepared for servants and was mostly eating bread.
He continued to eat what was left on his plate. Rafael planned to stay in bed a little longer but after Edgar’s letter, he needed to go to his study and write a response. He needed to get to the bottom of this marriage Edgar spoke of.
This was the second time he wished Lockwood was much closer.
Annalise looked around the room while Rafael ate to see what she might need to clean later. She wished the letter was about something more important than a wedding. She did not see what was the big shock about someone getting married. People can change their minds.
"I will be going to my study when we are finished. I already had my morning bath long before you came. After that, we are going to the training yard," Rafael said.
"Those bruises are small, but I don’t think you should be getting hit on them so soon. You might bleed," Annalise replied, not wanting to have to drag him to his bedroom if he became hurt. ’Why would I when there are so many knights around?’
"For that to happen, the knights would have to land a hit on me."
’Cocky bastard,’ Annalise thought. One fight against her and she would wipe the confidence from his body. She didn’t mind their height difference and how much he weighed. She could knock a tall man like him off his feet.