The next thing I heard was absolute silence. Absolute stillness.
Raven's face was bored--lazy, ngunit alam kong pinipigilan lang niya ang sarili niyang huwag atakihin si Maxim sa kinatatayuan nito.
I tried to school my face into the same boredom but when I looked at Aliana, she didn't even try to hide the disdain on her face.
Alam kong galit siya. Galit siya sa ginawa ko. Or perhaps he's mad that I married Raven. Or the fact that I gave his people fervor and Julian and the south sentries ended up killing them.
He is the High Lord who once impaled Meredith on a dagger before I finished her off. And his wrath, gleaming in those green eyes, are now directed to me. And then to Raven beside me. Ngumisi siya nang napakalapad bago siya umupo sa bakanteng silyang naroon.
Rusen rose from his s
