It's the disloyalty that hurts

"You ask me why I don't trust you. You got your reason why I don't trust people around me," Elliana smiled at him, her smile piercing his heart as he understood the severity of his mistake.

"Hey, I didn't mean to... it's just I was suspicious how you knew about all the royal things that were happening and why did you react that way when you saw a royal spy? I thought you were conspiring against the vampires," Marcello started, but rather than saying anything or taking out her anger on him like she would've usually done, Elliana smiled at him.

He was about to step ahead and hold Elliana's hand to pacify her, but Vincenzo immediately stopped his hand.

"Where are you touching?" Vincenzo asked with a cold look, making the Duke immediately step back.