Chapter 110: Caught
“Silent men, like still waters, are deep and dangerous."—Proverbs
I suppose I should be glad that Gwi doesn’t react right away. I should have known what this might look like: a stranger man and a girl lying on a bed of tangled sheets.
I shiver when I see a flare of crimson this threateningly close to break out from those onyx eyes of his.
I make a move to untangle myself from Tom quickly, though not too fast or panicky as to not evoke the wrong impression to any party.
“Ancient, this is Tom, my prodigy,” I begin to explain. “Something must have happened last night that allowed him to transform. As you may have known, he still maintained his magical blood despite having been turned halfway.”
“Yes, I am aware,” Gwi answers curtly, eyes still trained on Tom’s form wi
