CROWN OF VENOM AND VELVET

The Weight of Guilt

Author: Vesper—Elsewhere

The Weight of Guilt

[PRINCE CAIUS TORIN DRAVOS]

I am attentive to every single one of Kaelia's reactions.

More than I am aware, perhaps even more than I can control.

It is as if I have lost all other reason but to understand them all; like a punishment, I bear it.

It is strange to encounter such a feeling. I am someone who has been isolated for so long that, in my mind, I've only just realized I have viewed others as