Seeing her exhausted appearance, he pursed his lips for a moment before saying, ''You have worked very hard tonight. Just sleep. I will handle the things from here.''
She did not reply to him, nor did she spare him a glance. He clenched and unclenched his fist before he turned to leave. But the moment he had turned around, the woman suddenly called out to him from behind.
"Your Highness, what do you want to do with the crown prince?"
Azrael's eyes narrowed and he strode towards the bed, covering the distance between them, ''You must not say such things carelessly,'' he chided, albeit in a tone that seemed to lack his usual indifference.