Chapter 11: The Silver-haired Assassin (4)
Apollonia entered the room looking pale. Syd was right there next to her as she leaned against him for support.
“Apollonia greets Father and Aunt.” The thin girl bowed and it almost looked as if she was going to collapse as she trembled. It seemed as if she was still in shock after yesterday.
“You look unwell,” the emperor greeted back, sounding disinterested, before questioning, “I called you because I wanted to hear what happened last night from you directly. Did you see that man’s face?”
Petra leaned over to take a closer look at her reaction.
“That…” Apollonia’s lips trembled and she stammered, but eventually, she broke out into tears. “I didn’t… I didn’t see anything… What am I supposed to do now, Father? I’m so scared that he’ll come back… who will take me as their bride if something happens to me?”
