46 I Want Her

Xenia couldn't help holding her breath whenever she would meet Darius's piercing gaze. Still, she knew she had to keep her poise up, so she met his gaze with the same intensity as last time. It was bold. It was dangerous. 

In the end, that pointed gaze he constantly gave her was just too much for her. Conceding defeat, she found herself cowering as she took her eyes away from the Werewolf King's direction.

"Explain!" King Stephan roared, his eye boring drills to their kingdom's mage, Jayra. 

The princess did her best not to flinch. 

As expected of the Ebodian royal family, all of them were quite good at picking up on the situation. First her mother, and now her father… they quickly adapted on the fly, picking up on whatever they had to work with and running away with it. 

It was quite admirable. They were quite good at acting, weren't they?