The man on her bed

After dinner with the royal family, where Ave had been behind the curtains listening to all their lively discussions, with the princesses openly throwing themselves at Lucian who now looked better as though he hadn't been injured in a spar, Ave left the dining hall and returned to the room assigned to her on the upper floor.

For the first time in forever, the sight of food didn't excite her like it used to, and she had just eaten it because she wasn't used to wasting her meals. She was so mad she wanted to walk up to the royals and hit Lucian. What was he thinking, discarding her like that without a word?

He had even brushed past her when she and Thalia were headed towards the dining hall, like she was invisible. He had treated her like air, like someone he didn't know. They had been just fine until he kissed her in the corridor, and she called him a vampire. Was he so angry about that, that he was doing this to her?