Rain thought Lucas was being apprehensive over nothing serious and continued to move ahead, increasing the distance between her and the chamber by wide leaps.
She'd never felt the determination to escape the castle even stronger than now. She'd to leave and she needed to do so readily before the Prince got out of hand.
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As the Prince had woken quite late that morning, breakfast was also served very late.
Refreshed and 'suprisingly' cheerful, Derek unhurriedly walked into the dining room. His sinister gaze perused his maidservant whom was standing at a corner_ with her head lowered to look down on her intertwined fingers_ seeming casually indifferent to his presence.
Seeing her being this way spontaneously lifted Derek's spirit even the more and a cynical smile faintly precipated on a corner of his mouth.
Unlike the usual frosty atmosphere he carried along with him, his present aura seemed to have permitted the warm rays of sunshine to brighten and calm the mood of the morning.
