A scary sight

When Nicholas ran out of the emperor's drawing room, the maids, guards, and everyone else looked at him in shock. What could have happened for him to behave like that? He looked nothing like the usually cold and indifferent prince. 

Adam heard what the guard reported and was also surprised by the prince's reaction. The prince he knew was so aloof he didn't even flinch in the face of danger. 

"Where is she?!" He growled dangerously at the guard he assumed to be the messenger because he was from his manor. 

"The princess consort is in the eldest prince's manor," the guard reported. Nicholas mounted his horse and pulled the reins; the horse shot forward like an arrow, leaving Adam behind.