Heartbreak

As soon as they returned to the capital, Hadrian was met with paperwork after paperwork, and he was again buried in a mountain of paper in his office. He sighed exasperatedly and almost has his head on the table as he fills in what needed to be changed in the document he is reading. He had wanted to tend to his garden as soon as he arrived, but Anton has been driving him to work since. He looked out the window, his heart has been pounding in his chest. He felt like something bad is about to happen, but he does not know what. He wanted to ask Anton, but the man was out preparing his afternoon medicine. He went back to work and when he is about to finish the days' worth, the emerald pendant Catherine gave him fell from his neck. He looked at it and immediately picked it up; he made sure there was no damage on it and to his relief, none was found. As he sat back down on his chair, he heard a commotion coming from outside his office and Anton rushed through th