Chapter 21: Escape..
Ariana’s body stilled as she shook her head, her heart thudding. How did he know about her...?
’When you were smiling like a fool, you forgot he could read that,’ her inner voice screamed at her sarcastically.
But she could not be blamed—it had come so suddenly that, before she realized it, she was already smiling like a child who had finally been given their share of bread.
She bit her lip softly.
"Stop doing that—you’ll hurt yourself," Zavren said, his gaze locking with hers.
So, this man did have a heart? The same man who’d shot an arrow through someone without flinching as blood gushed like a river, was now warning her about biting her own lip?
Zavren chuckled, as though he’d heard her thoughts. His eyes danced with something dark, unreadable, as Ariana’s body stilled. C...could he read minds? Why did he always make her wonder if even her thoughts were safe? It was like he could hear them.
"Oh, my snowflake... I wonder what’s going through that pretty little mind of yours."
Ariana was silent as she shifted her book. Pen in hand, she moved it to write something on the page.
Zavren silently waited for her to finish. He just stared at her.
She paused a few times, then turned the book toward him.