Ryzen paced the length of his room his temper flaring as each second passed by. The Empress hasn't visited his chambers in more than two weeks and it was driving him crazy. Where the hell was she? Was she with another concubine? Ryzen knew she had duties to attend to and she didn't owe him anything but he couldn't care less. He had sent her a letter earlier today demanding that she showed up to his chambers or he was going to find her himself.

And it worked. His dark eyes glanced up.