Bound by Fear

[CAIUS TORIN DRAVOS]

The air feels thick between us.

I cannot read the thoughts that swirl in her head at my confession, but as with humans, their reactions, no matter how slight, can reveal just as much.

From the corner of my eye, in a second, I catch the way her breath hitches, her eyebrows slightly dip, and the uncertainty that clouds her eyes.

My gaze falls to her hands that tremble, curling