Chapter 35: A Challenge

“What are you doing here?” Luca growled. Scarlet froze in her place. She realized how bad this looked. Her dress was loose as if she had just put it back on or been in the process of removing it.

And Prince Marcellus didn’t look too good himself, with his hair all messed up. But it had been that way before he arrived… not because they had interacted physically in any way.

“I just came to give Miss Scarlett some information. I’ll be going back to my room. Don’t bother with the chains,” Prince Marcellus said, holding his hand up as if it were beneath him to listen to Luca.

Then he walked away, leaving Scarlett to face Luca, who looked at her as if he wanted to kill her.

“Information?” he said, raising his eyebrows.

“It’s a long story,” said Scarlett, sighing.

“I am all ears.”

“It’s... something I can’t share with anyone, just yet.”

“And you expect me to believe that all you were doing with that monster was talking? Look a