~ Nicholas's POV ~
Sylara sat across from me, picking absentmindedly at her food as though every bite were a burden. Her fork barely moved, and the way she stared down at the plate made it obvious she had completely lost her appetite.
She didn't look happy at all.
I could see it through her eyes. The sparkle that had danced in them when she first stepped into my room was gone, replaced by a dull sadness that twisted something painfully inside my chest.
After she asked me how she looked in her new dress and I ignored her question... that's why her whole mood changed.
Damnit!
I should've admitted how beautiful she looked tonight. When she stepped inside my room, I was blown away by her beauty.
Sylara had always been beautiful, but tonight... tonight was something else.
She had taken
