Chapter 366 – A Mess
Lux finally gave a slow shrug. "I guess she could help us."
Then his eyes flicked back to Sira. Narrowed just slightly.
"Not to mention," he added dryly, "you told her something about me, didn't you?"
Sira didn't even blink. "Oh… she did visit you after I mentioned you. What a good girl."
Lux groaned, rubbing his face. "That's why she showed up at my room in the hotel looking like a daydream. I thought she was just lost."
"She was," Sira said, smirking. "You know Sloth blood."
"Yeah."
Sira took another sip, entirely too proud of herself.
Ariel remained quiet for the rest of the lunch. Mostly because she had no idea what was going on. Names and houses and cryptic comments and owed… something?
She didn't ask.
She couldn't.
Because what could she possibly say?
She just… sat there.
Eyes lowered.
Hands in her lap.
Waiting.
Even after her plate was cleared—taken silently by a servant in white gloves—she didn't move.
She didn't know what to do.
