Broken ties

Ardo sips from the glass of wine in his hands, swirling it to look around at the crowded place.

The chaos remained. With people gossiping about the mysterious women who just rejected the king and ran off.

But to be honest. It didn't came as a surprise for Ardo. As it is Eirene after all. He knew the girl better.

Eirene Water's. The girl he first met when her father came to his uncle to get revenge on Mateo's father. The innocent sweet girl who followed her father everywhere.

Was not so innocent now.

After the attack that night. She got banished and was not seem anywhere by anyone. She became just a memory. Ardo tried finding her, but there were no traces of her.

She just vanished.

Untill the day he saw the man everyone called ' Viper' with my own eyes. Those brown orbs behind the mask, were too familiar. That thin frame, that familiar scent. It was her.

He could bet.

And I was right. She lived all these years under the m