Watching her get married to someone else for several lifetimes was torture. How was he able to bear with it?
Is that why Ferdinand was so fearful and insecure now? Because he watched her be someone else's woman for so long? So now that finally, she was meant for him, he was possessive and easily gets jealous?
"Yes. Despite everything, His Majesty chose you. Over, and over again," Alwin's voice was barely a whisper. And it was riddled with pain.
He closed his eyes at the memory of what Ferdinand looked like when he returned.
But Arabella already had a glimpse of it. Ferdinand had lost weight though he was supposed to be healthy all the time due to his powers as a primordial dragon.
His cheeks were sunken. His lips were dry. His shoulders were slumped. He looked like he hadn't had any sleep for thousands of years. And his eyes barely had any life in them.