Why Would You Die?

I knew this feeling, I had felt it since the first time I met her. But tonight, the feeling was too strong, too painful, yet too passionate. 

"Shall we go now? Everyone is waiting," I said and offered her my arm. 

She slipped her hand through my arm and nodded shyly. Her face showed clear nervousness and her eyes were roaming around us as if she was looking for something or someone...

'I thought Ruby would be here too. Others are here, then where's she?'

So she noticed... Even though I had my suspicions, I fully did not know that she would notice if one maid was missing. Most Royals would not. A servant was like an object to them. If one was gone, then there would be a new one, just like a toy. 

'Oh shit! I totally forgot... he can read minds and perhaps he read Ruby's mind too.'