Fraying Restraint

[Prince Caius Torin Dravos]

“What?!” I hear her gasp behind me, and I stop, turning to face her. Hands sliding in my pockets, I watch her with disinterest, cocking an eyebrow, before glancing in the direction of the hallways.

Her gaze follows in that direction and then, as if in sudden remembrance that Lady Daphne was but a hall away, a hand slaps to her mouth, eyes widened, glancing at me then ba