Renatus' POV-
I watched intently as Izmel glided over to where Remington lay. I knew he would be naturally curious who this girl was since I had not presented her to the council. I would have presented her the day they left, but I never had the chance to. Izmel analyzed her for a moment and I found breath seemed to catch in my throat as I watched him. The subtle shift in his body language would have gone unnoticed by most, and even I had just barely caught the quick ripple of tension across his shoulders. When he turned to walk back to the corner we were standing in, I sucked in a sharp breath. The voids that filled his eyes had changed, in a way I struggled to place. Somehow, though, it seemed like they were maybe less... empty. Before I could inquire about the puzzling shift in him, Izm
