"I'm fine!" Khione suddenly blurted, when they were close enough to the infirmary. "Really, I just need to rest."
Both Khione and Ares were receiving strange looks from everyone around them but Khione couldn't blame them. Ares was shirtless whereas Khione was wearing nothing but a shirt. She didn't even want to think about how many palace rules they were breaking at that point.
"Don't be silly," Ares told her, as he let go of the hand he had previously been holding. "What if it's something serious?"
Khione crossed her arms across her chest, feeling uncomfortable by all the stares they were suddenly receiving. She just wanted her journey to the Empress position to go by smoothly but it seemed that her name would be on everyone's mouths for the next few days. And it most definitely was
