Chapter 14 - Awakening III
Silence acted like a powerful extinguisher on the fire consuming the room. The minutes that followed were like a bucket of ice water on the anger that had flared in both Glenn and Lesley.
Lesley realized she had lost her composure. Someone of her position, so accomplished, couldn't allow herself such a lapse. Perhaps the pressure of her important duties as the Queen's Shadow had pushed her to that point.
All she wanted was to execute her work flawlessly, to be useful to the most important person in her life: the one who had rescued her, given her a home, cared for her traumas, and placed a trust in her she had never found elsewhere. But now, with her new responsibilities, she would spend most of her time accompanying an insane psychopath on a journey with an uncertain future.
Glenn also recognized that his reaction hadn't been the most sensible. On Earth, heated arguments, sharp exchanges, and verbal spats would have been normal. But this wasn't Earth. He was certain the woman in front of him could turn him into pig feed in the blink of an eye. 'I need to stop playing with my life like this,' he concluded.
"I quit," Glenn said after the awkward silence.
"Ah... what?" Lesley responded, surprised.
"I quit," Glenn repeated, more firmly but still respectful.
"Quit what?"
"This whole royal consort thing. I quit."
'What? What do you mean you quit? I'm sure any demon in this kingdom would kill for the chance to touch Her Majesty's hand,' a look of incomprehension crossed Lesley's face.
"What? No!" Lesley replied, flustered.