12 seconds!

Knock, knock..

Evangeline looked above from the book she had in her hands, it was the detailed list of nobles and their family. It had their history, details of their estates and how much power one held in the empire with the extra notes made by Eli and Eve. 

The incessant knocking on the door hounded her ears annoyingly. With an annoyed face, she stood up to open the door she had closed to get some peace when the knight from the other side called, 

"My lady, my lord is here to meet you."

Her hands halted in mid air when she heard that Leo was waiting for her on the other side of the door. Her face looked distorted as if she had eaten something wrong and now her stomach was aching. She stood there for three seconds pondering whether she open it or not when the knight shouted again,