Unanswered

I eye him, baffled by what Kaiserin said. He caressed my cheeks before adding more to his sentence. 

"Liselotte, I'm going to be very honest with you. The Empress is requesting your capture in her palace in secret, as her son I must always abide by her rules. But, I'm feeling quite generous today, I decided to keep you for myself, for a short period of time."

With those words, it felt like my life was at his mercy, but this raised the question, why does the Empress want me?

"What do you mean? Why does the Empress want me?"

"I don't know, I carry out her deeds like a dog. I do it, with no questions."

Is this really the relationship between him and the Empress?

"And what do you mean keep me for yourself?"

Kaiserin couldn't keep his laughter to a bare minimum, and cupped my cheeks looking at me dead in the eye. 

"Simply because, I want to know something. Ever since I saw you in the garden, I knew I was curious about you since then. I wanted to get your favour, not because of the Empress, but because I want to know what's going inside of you? Why are you so different? I have suspicions, but I want to be sure of myself."

He's been suspicious of me from the start? How could I have not seen this? I knew it was weird on how he was showing interest to Liselotte after rejecting her love, but I thought it was for the Empress. I never knew it was actually for him.