"I'm sorry ..." Alexa said, stroking Klaus' face. They were lying side by side on the bed in Schwartzhoffhausen. The next day would be very exhausting, there would be a mass and the archbishop would come for the ceremony. Klaus would be very busy.
All of this after fleeing from his captors and finding ways to reach Kielstadt even before the news of his escape arrived.
And Alexa had just told almost everything ... Including about Alexander. Klaus' eyes had gone dark and cloudy, and he started to stare at the ceiling while listening to her, his Adam's apple twitching nervously from time to time.
"What will we do, Klaus?" she asked anxiously. The first light of the day streamed in through the curtains, but they had not slept yet.
Klaus didn't respond right away, just said,
"That was the most bitter thing I could have swallowed." And after that, he fell into another thoughtful silence.
