Chapter 46: Riding Into the Break of Dawn
The ride back to the manor was filled with tension. Most of it coming from Aleksander glaring at the window as he watched the castle fade away in the distance.
"You need to work on your temper, husband," Elys stated the obvious. "You were lucky your father hadn’t ordered you head served at the banquet the instant you opened your mouth back there."
"He knew what was coming to him," came Aleksander’s reply. "Even before he casted his magic on me, he already knew what was on my mind just by looking at me."
"Still," Elys insisted, "you can’t expect to win over people with such an attitude. If you were as charming as you had pretended you were at the beginning of the party, we would have been able to stay and burn other nobles with their dirty secrets like we did with the Ravinias."
Aleksander tore his eyes from the window and faced Elys. They had sat opposite ends of the carriage, facing each other and not side by side. The prince leaned forward, a dangerous look taking over him.
"Did you just say I was charming?" he repeated Elys’ words.
"And what if I did?" the princess smugly replied. "That wasn’t a compliment. On the contrary, I am actually shaming you. Your act wasn’t enough to win the war we were waging."
Aleksander crossed his arms and looked at Elys coldly, "Your nerve has truly shot through the roof ever since that night I agreed for you to bring over a maidservant."
"Do you regret it now?" she said, amusement creeping on her face.