CHAPTER 17
ELIK
Impulsiveness was never among my traits, but next to Klaud, I did nothing but be impulsive. I couldn’t resist dissecting the different emotions swirling in her head. I couldn't place--why?
I heaved a deep sigh.
It was not entirely true that I couldn't place Klaud. I knew deep inside me that something was budding, but—I was afraid to think deeper, and my conscience couldn’t take her into a world without certainty and security. I couldn't and wouldn't do that to anyone, most of all to her. I knew her life was mapped out; she revealed it somehow during the interview.
I knew every moment with Klaud defied logic, and nothing about my feelings for her made sense.
My life had been taken over and maneuvered by people who decided the rights and wrongs for the future king. I
