Aeris's pov
My fingers brushed against the golden snake carved on the emblem. It screamed royalty but which race? Hard to say because after spending the entire night in the study room, I found nothing about it. My head was aching and it might explode anytime. One side, this enemy kept me on my edge if he would attack me when I wouldn't be alert. On the other hand, Caspian gave me this nasty hickey that needed a good layer of tint to cover up. We went ahead in our relationship but stopped before sanity took over us.
My gaze constructed on every word that spelled emblem and suddenly, the book slammed shut and I gasped so loud, my own soul got scared. Without lifting my head, I knew it was Caspian as his smell lingered in my nostrils.
"Looks like you love to punish yourself with extra wor
