Chapter 52: We finally did it.
"How touching," Silvia purred, her voice like honey laced with ground glass. "I must say, Senior, I'm surprised. I didn't take you for one to grow so… fond… of a human. And such a young and healthy one at that. It's almost quaint."
Elara didn't even look at her as she walked back to her seat. She picked up her teacup, finding it had gone cold. She dropped the cup before focusing on her unwanted company.
"Don't be absurd," she said, her voice dismissive and flat. She placed one leg over the other ever so elegantly; the gesture seemed to bring out the air of boredom around her.
"He's merely a pastime. A simple diversion to entertain me in this backwater place. There's nothing more to it."
"If you're looking to anger me, I suggest you don't." Elara ended her sentence with a flash of chilling light in her eyes.
Silvia smiled, refusing to believe her words. "Of course. A diversion… Is that why you let him get so close to you?"
