Chapter 43

A few minutes later, Skye came out of the chamber and saw him waiting for her.

Hector leaned his left shoulder against the stone wall. When he heard the door opening, he looked up and faced her.

He didn't smile, and his eyes didn't sparkle like they always did when he saw her. The matter was of great importance to him, and he would not rest until it was resolved. He could no longer bear this weight on his heart. Something had changed and he needed to know. And most of all he wanted to know why. What was his fault? Whatever it was, he had to fix it before the wedding. Before, they stand before the god and join the sacred bonds.

Their eyes met and before Skye looked away she noticed the dark circle under his free eye.

This sign was well-known from her own experience. The same thing happened in her own eyes when she didn't sleep well at night, and that was mostly when she was still living in her uncle's castle.

'But why doesn't Hector sleep well?' she thought.

A thought crossed her mind.