Arene didn't know how to react after seeing Rain standing there; it had not even been more than three hours since they had separated, and he was already there, standing in front of her.

"Rain!?"

She managed to just force a single word out of her mouth before he jumped inside the room, leaping over the windowsill and landing on his feet with a wide smile ornamenting his face.

"Yes, love!"

"What! Yes love? How did you manage to escape from the room prepared for the Future Prince?"

"By my two poor feet, these exact ones!"

He spoke at once, not blinking even for a second. Although he had escaped...