AMALTHEA'S POV

"Hey, are you angry? Are you offended that I went to one of your guards and chatted him up?" I asked and he looked at me for a few seconds before the tension between his brows eased and he sighed.

"I am sorry for behaving like that when I should be thankful to you. This is the first time I saw Ashton opening up to someone like this. I know he didn't say much, but it was the softened look in his eyes that told the truth," Augustus said and I smiled.

"It was nothing. I said that because I have been there once. Let's not dwell on...