Chapter 171: Are You Hungry? [bonus]
If Freya had shown him that blue flame on purpose, it likely meant she wanted him to notice something. Wanted him thinking in a particular direction.
She couldn't say it outright. Some things can't be spoken plainly. They can only be hinted at.
Regulus gazed out at the sea.
It felt vast and desolate, like standing at the very edge of the world.
The feeling was strange. Moments ago he'd been fighting for his life. Now he stood here watching the ocean, saying nothing, doing nothing.
The witch beside him had been trading spells with two elite dark wizards seconds earlier. Now she stood the same way he did, still and quiet, watching the same stretch of sea.
Regulus turned his head and studied her profile.
The calm mask had settled back into place. No ripple of emotion, no trace of what had just happened. Her features were sharp and clean-cut, a different person entirely from the one who'd rolled her eyes mid-battle.
That eye-roll.