Why isn't he defending himself? Why isn't he trying to speak back? It infuriates me even further. "Do you have any idea what you did to her? What she went through because of your actions? Do you have no shame" I roared.
He stiffens "Your Highness, if you would just hear me out..."
"What could you possibly say that would make me want to hear you?" I thunder "What kind of pitiful excuse could you possibly offer me as to why you hurt Riley so badly and continued to do so even as a teenager?"
He coughs. There's shame in his expression, as well as something else. A strange glint in his eyes.
"Nothing. There is no excuse" he murmurs and takes me by surprise.
I had expected him to protest, to deny it. To shout and rage and yell he was innocent. But he was standing still and looking remark
