Elene looked at him again slowly, her breathing a struggle.
"I know, I know," Ivar shook his head, massaging his forehead. "It's crazy, but— his power would never let you be together properly. Maybe that's simply because it wasn't meant to last anyway? You were supposed to meet to turn him to our side and for you to find out about the elixir. Maybe you were supposed to change him for the better and him to save you so that the North and the West could—"
A slap echoed through the room as Elene wiped an angry tear down her cheek.
Ivar finally stopped talking, his fingers brushing over his swollen cheek.
"How— dare you!" The Princess lifted her chin and glared at him so intensely that a shiver ran down his spine. "Is that what you think? That the Moon Goddess set up this great love story f
