A light chuckle escaped me then, already having lost count of how many times I had done so today alone, a pleasant phenomenon I haven't experienced in centuries; not since that accursed day I lost her, but now returned to me since her re-emergence into my days; as I then delivered a gentle peck to her temple, earning me an almost imperceptible smile from her lips.
"Just don't go overboard. Nizam seems to genuinely care for the girl." I whispered in her ear.
"I know." She replied with a nod and a slowly extending smile.
"I will head off now, sire." Darius then noted, straightening his clothes one last time, as he advanced with two guards flanking him.
"We're not entering too, brother?" Cyrus asked a moment after the Grand Vizier left, confused by this, since we always entered together in the past.
