The two of them met again.
One pair of eyes searched for success, while the other carried a strange feeling deep in the chest. Max did not know how to go around this. Should he take her with him? Bring her home? What would he even do with such an ancient being who had waited for another man for longer than most kingdoms had existed?
And yet, the way she looked, the way she carried herself, the way her sorrowful blue eyes rested on him as if he was both a stranger and someone she had lost forever, made his greedy heart want her for himself despite knowing that her heart still belonged to another.
"You succeeded?" she finally asked, not noticing the way Max's pupils expanded slightly when his gaze moved over her body.
