Chapter 94: Smitten

Darius couldn't help but smile as he followed Xenia into his tent. He had never felt that kind of feeling before, and it was something that he simply couldn't explain even to himself. It was far from the norm, but the moment he arrived from battle and saw Xen waiting like that; checking on him and assessing if he was wounded or not… it was gladdening. 

He clearly saw the concern in her eyes, and because of that, he was on cloud nine. And to add even more excitement to his already fluttering heart, her reaction just now when Ezekiel asked him to look after Tarah was something he really loved.

[Look at you grinning ear to ear like that. Discounting the fact that it was your suggestion in the first place, I think it all worked out in the end,] Zeus chuckled with blissful glee. [Well, she's jealous. If she wasn't, then she wouldn't care about whether or not you look after any woman.]