Even with the distance between us, I could recognise the couple standing with Xerxes. How could I forget them? As much as I was shocked, I was stunned to see them here. What were they doing here? Were they also one of Xerxes’s group of guests who he invited without my knowledge? Why was it looking like Xerxes was hiding something from me? Why? The tension made me fidget with my fingers as I get my heartbeat racing with anticipation. He wouldn’t betray me, would he? And why would he betray me, he had no reason to do so. At least that’s what I used to convince myself as I...