85 Protect the queen

"Ah!" Selena was in pain but King Liam, however, seemed unfazed, his composure intact. Selena couldn't help but feel a twinge of annoyance at his seemingly unaffected state. He pulled her down to sit next to him.

"What?" she asked, her voice tinged with irritation. But as she posed the question, a warm trickle interrupted her words. Startled, Selena touched her nose with her fingertips, only to find them stained with crimson.

Concern flickered in Liam's eyes, his cold gaze melting momentarily. He swiftly pulled a white handkerchief from his pocket and offered it to Selena. She accepted it gratefully, pressing it against her bleeding nose. He touched her chin with a gentle caress and Selena jerked like she had been electrocuted.

Liam misunderstood her reaction as rejection and sighed before saying, "Look up." Selena looked up but her mind was staring at the hand that brushed against her skin.