Elyndra laughed, the sound echoing too loudly in every corner of the room, sharp and ugly in a place that should have been quiet.
"Oh, I guess I was right again," she said, pressing a hand to her mouth in mock delight, eyes glinting with cruel amusement. "But why, hmm? Instead of falling for Celeste, you fall for this one?" She tilted her head and tapped Seraphina's cheek lightly with a finger. "How fascinating."
Auren didn't answer.
Not because he had nothing to say, but because there was nothing here worth indulging.
Elyndra circled him slowly, her footsteps unhurried, reading and enjoying the silence he gave her more than if he had shouted back.
