The Hollow Truth

[Prince Caius Torin Dravos]

My gaze steadies on the task set before me, pouring the ice into the ice bucket. It is not the mundane action itself that holds my focus, but rather the intended outcome. My actions are only there to distract her from her panic.

Listening to the pace of her heartbeat, once rapid, now slows down into a calmer beat, as I had expected, even as I turn away to dispose of the