章 130: Why Are You Here?

Laina stretched out her arms and let out a yawn. Her royal duties were never complete. Even when she tried her best to finish as many as she could, moments later there would be another set of tasks waiting for her to do. 

She got up from her seat and walked over to her dressing table. She sat down and looked at the single stalk of blood rose Dante had given to her. Though it has been quite some time, she was surprised to find that it had not wilted. 

"It must be different from regular flowers," she muttered to herself as she took it out of the glass vase and brought it close to her. 

Laina liked the sweet light fragrance of the blood rose. As she gently touched one of the petals, fearful that it might tear if she exerted too much strength. The petal was silky smooth. 

"Your Highness," Kol called out to her. 

Laina placed the blood rose back in its vase and turned around to face Kol. 

"Yes?"