Chương 33: Emphasis on duties.

Hazel stared wide-eyed, not even registering the tight grip around her neck or the prince's naked body against hers. She didn't even have the time to be surprised that her first instinct was to surrender instead of fighting back.

"Y–you…y–our…" she stammered, her voice shaking from both fear and shock. She couldn't formulate a complete sentence and her heartbeat was too loud.

"What. Are you doing here?" Leo snarled through clenched teeth, his chest heaving up and down as he was still reeling from the shock of his realistic dream.

Hazel's eyes were so wide that he could see the white all round, but he couldn't understand how the feisty woman was suddenly so fearful. He could feel her racing pulse under the hand around her neck and hear her pounding heart.

"You–your eyes," she managed to breathe out as her eyes darted between Leo's now red ones.