☉NARIEL
That was tempting—quite tempting indeed, but I tried to shove away the facet of my being that craved to seize this opportunity, to revel in the dark torments I might weave for him. Mostly for the lingering bitterness over having adorned that outfit in vain. "Before considering, I must understand why you deem it necessary to have me attend the gathering."
“She informed you,” Vaelin acknowledged, exhaling with a sense of remorse, as if he regretted my learning through her. "I should have disclosed it to you earlier, in the library. It was not my intention for you to learn it from her."
Although his aura marred the chamber, I could still scent that of another, that of the male—Regulus, possibly. A tang like ashes—but not quite it. “You told me of the peril should they become aware
