"You...you don't mean that." I say, the words barely leaving my lips.
Following what I had said, Darius says nothing. He just keeps me silent as he stares at his meal.
'Of course, he did mean it.' I grit my teeth harder. It was stupid of me to even think that Darius would be the man I wanted him to be, the man he wants to be. It was stupid of me to think he could be happy, even when he had a crown so heavy on his head.
Not able to eat anymore, I get up, ready to leave.
"Please excuse me." I barely say once more, but not even a second after I utter these words, Darius halts me in place when he speaks.
"Where did you go last night?" He asks, turning the blood in my vein to ice. It came so suddenly, I had even forgotten about it.
Shit.