CROWN OF VENOM AND VELVET

The Silent Test

Author: Vesper—Elsewhere

The Silent Test

[KAELIA BRYNN HALLOWAY]

This—was going to take forever.

And I wasn't just talking about the puzzle pieces.

Jagger had not stopped yapping for close to fifteen minutes. I mean it. I timed him.

No one had said a word but him.

Not even the Prince.

At first, I had brushed it off as what should be expected. The Prince clearly wasn't much of a talker to begin with and of course—there was also the fact t