"We will speak once the council convenes." The response given by Aryn through her grandmother had been a slap and I did not know what infuriated me more between that or being forced to watch her sit through this council meeting seemingly unbothered by my presence or concern for her. Or perhaps it was her pretending that she was alright in front of this pretencious lot that cared for nothing but their own selfish selves to even notice her troubles.
I couldn't help but glare at the figures around the table as they merely carried on with their know it all attitudes. It didn’t even matter that the subject of Leif’s betrayal remained the centre of their discussion.
Having been the one to reject her, I did not have the right, but God, I couldn’t keep this growing desire to comfort, to reach o
