Chapter 46

“What was your relationship with him like?” Azeph asked, “With prince Nicolas.”

Elinor took the cup from him and took the time to sip from it before answering. Azeph busied himself with pouring himself a cup before looking up at her. Elinor sighed before she looked back down at her cup.

“It’s still a bit hard for me to talk about him, you know…” She said

“I-I’m sorry. I don’t know what’s wrong with me today. I keep asking you the wrong questions,” He said and Elinor shook her head.

“It’s all right, I want to tell you everything, but I might not be able to do this right away so please bear with me,” She said and he nodded.

“Of course,” He said.

“You might already have noticed, but Nicolas and I didn’t have a normal couple’s relationship… We weren’t… lovers,” She said,

“I suspected as much, from the way you spoke about him,” He responded.

“He had always been like an older brother to me. Just like Louis is. It’s not logical that you would marry your older brother but it was a fact that I