You are mine for eternity

ELIZABELLA'S POV

He's brought the dinner into his room that night. It's dark outside and I'm hungry, but I'm also confused. Cesar's sitting at the table in the far right corner of his room with his face illuminated only by the fire.

I slowly walk to join him there, staring down at the plate of simmered, smoked meats and bread dipped in some kind of sauce. There's a goblet of wine in front of me. I look up at him and he just stares, waiting for me to sit.

He picks up a chicken leg and bites into it. He looks at me again eyes fly down to my plate. My fingers skirt over the piece of bread and I lift it to my mouth, taking a small bite of it. It's not bad.When I look back at him, I find him staring straight at me again. My face grows red in the firelight. "You have not spoken to me in over an hour," he says between bites of chicken. "What's the matter?"

I swallow the bread and sigh, brushing my hair behind my ear. "I want to know about that speech," I tell him. "I'm curious about it and y