His pet

Luxiana jumped at these words. Of course, she doesn't mind Vladimir touching her in the least, she found herself yearning for his touch. But after her thoughts from earlier, she realizes that it would be senseless and painful for her to continue enjoying and willing that touch, especially if she's done away with the feelings she's beginning to feel. She is not naive, perhaps she could have taken this emotion as a simple recognition of Vladimir's tenderness towards her, but she knows better what this feeling means that enlarges her heart and her chest. It's love.

How does she know? She has had a crush on someone in the past, she remembers those feelings very well in her. But unlike Vladimir, the object of her desire was like everyone else in this kingdom where she had had the misfortune to be born, he despised her and had not hesitated to tell her so on several occasions. It was the high priest of the kingdom, she had believed at that moment, as he greeted her warmly in front of the cro