Chapter 178: Politics: Part Two
Evanna stared back at Conrad, waiting for the Prince to burst into laughter at such an outrageous comment. But he did not; instead, he held her gaze, and the weight of her words hit her all at once. Evanna shot up instantly and backed away from him, her eyes wide in panic.
"Do not tell me you are planning a coup.." She trailed off as Conrad straightened to his full height. His large, muscular form now appeared more threatening towards her. Though she knew the Demon Prince was no threat to her, it was more to do with the dangerous conversation they were speaking.
Conrad smirked and started to undo the top of his fur collard cloak and walked towards her. Evanna stood still, holding her breath for his answer. "Why are you acting so surprised?" He asked and flung the cloak around her, tying it before she could smack his hands away. The weight of the fabric pushed her shoulders down, and the Princess thought her height shrunk in the process.
But none of that bothered her as she looked at Conrad incredulously.
"Why are you not denying it to me!?" Evanna exclaimed and tried to slap his hands away from the strings that had just been tightened. Instead, Conrad grabbed her hands, his grip tightening when she tried to pull away. They stared at each other, his eyes burning into hers with an intensity that made her stomach tighten and her gift instinctively flaring to life. Evanna didn’t know what she was doing, but she could feel her power rippling through her and towards the ground.
Conrad tilted his head to the side, his brows furrowing. "Because you asked me. You complained that I did not tell you of Arvid’s threats, and now you complain because I have told you what you wanted to hear. You are quite the difficult woman to please." He grinned annoyingly. His grip tightened again when Evanna tried to pull free from him, but it started to hurt to the point a bruise would form. That was when he relaxed his hold, and his thumbs brushed over the skin as though to soothe it, apologetically.
Evanna tried and failed to yank her wrists free from Conrad again and then narrowed her eyes at him. "You cannot just blurt these things out!" She complained, her eyes flicking to their surroundings.
Conrad barked out in laughter and released her, raising his palms up and looking around. "No one else is here. And I was not the one to blurt anything out." He put his hands on his hips, looking down at her with a raised brow.
"Baldwin will be returning soon with-"