Odessa stepped hastily into Maximus's room, her gaze disturbed as it fell on him.

"What happened to Tristan?" she asked, worry lacing her voice. When he didn't reply, she exclaimed, "What happened to Tristan?!"

Maximus slowly turned to look at her, his gaze cold. "What?"

"H...he's your brother. Are you not going to save him?" she asked. She had just received the news of Tristan's territory being ambushed, and it caused her heart to clench.

"So?" he questioned, approaching her slowly. Odessa found his gaze strange. His reaction baffled her, and she knew better than to anger the man before her, especially when he was in this kind of mood....