Jeyne felt like there was something wrong in the palace. Her mistress has been too jumpy after His Highness came back.

Her mistress was always brooding these days, and only smiled when Rhax was in sight. Jeyne gave a sigh thinking about Rhax, he was just too perfect, he was funny, charming, nice, smart, gentle and most importantly devilishly handsome.

Jeyne was 22 this year, and still not married or in a relationship. So, in her mind, she had a chance with Rhax, she won’t say that she was a beauty like her mistress. But in her opinion she was far prettier than any other girl in the palace.

Today was a normal day, she helped her mistress dress and then helped her with her hair. She can feel the tension in the room while she is helping her mistress. It was so thick that she reckoned she could cut it with a knife. She still didn’t know, and honestly no one knew why Andromeda Valq and Sybal the White Stag were so tense. But she felt dread for some reason, it was not easy to make someone like Andromeda Valq to be afraid, she controlled a whole city and was the most secure person in the city. But what really made her afraid was the tension pouring from Sybal, Sybal was a rank 3 magus apprentice. And nothing in the mortal world can hurt him, he was the peak of humans, but he was still tense and that made Jeyne afraid for the future.

She noticed that the person that has been on her mind the moment she saw him weeks ago was not present, so she asked. “My lady, where is Rhax?”

Lady Andromeda Valq didn’t even avert her eyes from the papers she was reading when she answered. “Out, he said that he had something to do. A meeting he said.”

Jeyne started having dark thoughts: ‘Meeting? Could he be meeting a girl?’ She felt her heart squeeze itself in pain. But that was the only explanation, Rhax never and she means never leaves his position. Dark thoughts started to form in her mind, thoughts of murder and kidnapping. She then had an idea. “My lady, is it okay with you if I take a little bit of time to visit my parents?”

Andromeda shook her head: “No, you can go. In fact, you can take the whole day off.”

“Thank you very much.” She bowed and went out of the room. She then immediately went and grabbed a cloak then went out of the palace. She pulled the cloak’s hood on her head so no one recognizes her.

She started walking in the streets and looking for anyone she might identify as Rhax. She spent almost an hour like this until she was finally lucky. She caught a glimpse of blonde hair, but not any shade of blonde hair. It was Rhax’s.

She saw it in an alleyway. ‘Weird, why would Rhax go into an alleyway?’ She followed, but she made sure that she was quiet. Finally reaching the end of the alleyway, she saw Rhax, he was talking to a hooded figure. She immediately found a place to hide with as little noise as possible. She then started to listen to Rhax.

“It is only polite to show your client your face when you make a deal.” He said in his usual cockay tone that she adored so much.

The figure extended their hand and pulled back the hood, revealing a woman in her thirties. She was beautiful, her brown eyes were filled with intelligence and her auburn hair was falling to her shoulder. She was a beauty if Jeyne ever saw one. Which made her angrier by the second. She was more furious when Rhax whistled and smiled. “We got a beauty here don’t we?”

Jeyne was grinding her teeth so much that it was giving her a headache.

The woman was a little pink but got her composure back quickly. “The substance is at the place you told us to drop it in. Now, for the rest of the payment?” She extended her hand.

Rhax handed her the money, for what? She didn’t know, but from Rhax's seriousness she reckoned it was something important.

After the woman took the money she counted it and feeling satisfied she went to get out of the alley. But before she could walk away, Rhax held her hand and pinned her against the wall.

Then to Jeyne’s horror, he kissed her. And she kissed him back, Jeyne was fuming. How dare she pin my Rhax to the wall and kiss him against his will?

I will kill her!

She walked slowly to the couple, the woman back was facing Jeyne now. And Jeyne used this opportunity to impend the knife she took from the kitchen into her left shoulder penetrating her heart. The woman gasped and broke the kiss she was having with Rhax and slowly turned her head toward Jeyne then her eyes lost all life and she went limp. Jeyne drew the knife back and tried to make herself pretty because Rhax was still in front of her, and she didn't won’t him to see her as not pretty. So she brought her bloody hands and comped her hair, she then spoke.

“Rhax, I’m sorry I didn’t save you from this rapist earlier.” She smiled.

She saw Rhax’s eyes lighten, he then came and hugged her. He then whispered. “Thank you, it was terrifying.”

Their faces were close. ‘This is my chance.’ She then leaned in to kiss him but something entering her stomach stopped her line of thinking. Looking down she saw her knife impeded in her stomach by none other than her own hand which was held by a larger one.

“Ah, why did you stab yourself?” Rhax laughed, the laugh made her shiver. This was not the laugh of a normal person, but a mad man.

He then took out the knife and brought it in again while still saying: “why did you stab yourself?” She was stabbed again and again and again, and every time he says the same sentence and laughs. Finally when she was being swallowed by darkness she heard him say. “Thanks, you did my job for me today, creep”