Elinor stared at Azeph for a while before he looked down at her with a smile.No, not a smile, a mask. A fake smile, like the one he gives when he's troubled by something."Your Highness, this is Count Amel, the person who was supposed to marry my sister before she passed away," he said,Elinor didn't need the introduction. She knew who count Amel was. What she didn't know is that he used to be Azeph's sister's fiance. "I see..." She answered,"We all thought something happened to you since you disappeared right after the funeral. My parents are extremely worried about you," Azeph said,"My apologies," the man said, "After that, I needed to remain alone for a while. My plan had been to eventually contact you one day but his majesty's orders prevented me from doing so until now. I am glad to see that you are doing well. I keep hearing about your achievements often wherever I go,"Elinor remained silent as she watched the interaction between the two men. She knew that there was too muc

Elinor and Azeph silently walked out of the street where Louis’s hideout was. It was already dawn but she could barely register it in her mind. So much happened in such a short span of time that she felt like it had been days not and not one night since she entered that house.“Are you sure that you don’t want to talk to Lord Amel?” She asked Azeph after a while.“We have nothing to say to each other,” Azeph said stubbornly.Elinor watched him for a while before sighing and reaching out for his hand holding it in hers and tugging at it so that he would look at her.“You know that you want to see him, Azeph,” She told him, “You must be anxious to learn what he had been up to. What he was able to find out…” she added and his eyes went to her immediately.“Elin…. I don’t want any of this to come in between us,” he declared with a sigh.“My father is already a criminal, Azeph,” she said, “if this hasn’t put you off, nothing is going to,” Elinor told him wondering if she was going to tell

Azeph stepped out of the shadow when the car moved away and watched as it sped away glimpsing Elinor’s face as she turned to take one last look at him through the back window.She was gone…After the night they had, he felt like it was much harder to let go of her. She had been so embarrassed when she woke up this morning blushing so prettily that he could barely hold himself back from taking her again.As he helped her dress before leaving, he made sure the press his lips against every mart of her skin before covering it only fueling the desire within him more and more.She had turned around to look at him with a bright smile that held behind it so much determination. She was much stronger than him, if he was heading to settle the matters with his father like she was now he would never be able to smile the way she was.So instead of doing whatever his selfish desires wanted him to do. He simply pressed a kiss against her hand promising her that he would see her again and let her go w

The rising sun reflected the long shadow of the young man standing against the corridor's wall, his brown eyes fixed on the door in front of him with such an intense look, as if he was waiting for it to burst open and reveal that that person was behind it all this time. But that never happened, all night he had been standing there waiting and waiting but nothing happened. The door never opened. Footsteps approached him down the hallway but he didn't turn around to look at their owner. There was no need to do that. He already knew who they belonged to and it wasn't the person he had been waiting for all night long. "He’s still not here?" Noah asked as he approached him with a worried expression carrying a cup of coffee and handing it to him. Will smiled at Noah who looked at him as if he was about to fall from exhaustion. It was clear that none of them had slept a wink that night though. While Will was waiting for Azeph to return, Noah kept coming up to check on him every few hours.

As soon as Elinor entered the room she knew something was going on. Stella looked at her with that cool expression of hers and remained silent while Noah looked away his face pale as if had just seen a ghost.“Nothing to concern yourself about,” Louis answered, “How was your investigation?” He asked“Fruitful, sadly,” She said stepping into the room and locking the door behind her after making sure that the hallway remained empty.“So what are you planning to do after this?” He asked.“I wanted to talk while all of you are here but you will have to let Will and Azeph know when they get here,” She said, “I have a favor to ask,” She declared wondering why Azeph wasn’t here yet.She was pretty sure that he would be here by now.Maybe it was his decision not to come in the end…“What is it?” Louis asked.Elinor mentioned for everyone around her to sit down and they listened gathering around the meeting table in the room.Looking around at everyone as they waited for her to say her piece.