Gabriel's smile only made Darius more furious.
The young noble's face darkened. He had already been humiliated once in the banquet hall when the princess rejected him in front of everyone. Now this mysterious man stood in this corridor, gave no explanation, and even smiled at him as if none of this mattered.
The more Gabriel stayed silent, the more Darius felt his anger rise.
"You dare ignore me?" Darius asked, his voice turning colder. His hand twitched once at his side, and the pressure around him began to change. "Do you know where you are standing?"
Gabriel looked at him calmly and said nothing yet again.
That silence was the final push.
