Ray decided he had enough.
It was a small decision. One that he should have made a long time ago, the very first moment he heard the Princess's heartbeat and it was abnormal.
He really should have done it much sooner.
Deep down, his guts twisted with guilt and faint sense of excitement.
This was something he hadn't done in a long time, mostly because of how taxing it was on his frail body, and also because of how invasive it was.
He had vowed to never use it. To never resort to such debased means of obtaining information. And for the two years he was married to the Princess, he had upheld that vow.
Today, he was breaking it.
The palace was waking up. The sun was out, and it was already bothering him. He stuck to the shadowed parts of the palace as he made his way to the Princess's room. Once he was close enough to hear her, but not too close that he'd be spotted, he flew up to the rafters and listened.
