Dorian looked over the dress that I was wearing. His eyes lingered on my thin waist which I tried not to address. His gaze seemed to indicate attraction, but that could not be it. Was he not with Alina? I still do not know my own conclusions about their relationship. The way that he spoke to her so callously before had her taunt with visible fear. If they were together, then he did not treat her well. I might even venture to conclude that he was violent with her because of the distraught that just had radiated from her in his interrogation of why I was at that tower.
Attraction to me could not be it. He didn’t like me at all. In fact, I think that he actually disliked me because I was not from here. Perhaps his glance was because he was just insulted that I refused his gift; the gown to w
