Sezel didn't just feel cold; he was petrified. The blood in his veins seemed to crystallize, not from the biting frost, but from the man's casual, damning words. His heart rammed against his ribs.
No, no It can't be.
"What roach?" the queen asked, her expression a mask of genuine bafflement. She was utterly oblivious to his pathetic presence. but the man he had somehow managed to find him.
In truth, Sezel wasn't even hiding properly. His hiding spot behind a jagged upthrust of ice was laughably inadequate, something a moderately curious squirrel would have discovered in seconds.
But...But i was not even in his line of sight.
"And What are you, The Lord of Crossroads even doing here?"
Lord of what? - His thoughts were cut short by the sound of steps.
Before Sezel could move or even think, the man moved. He just casually walked with a bored expression on his face.
But to Sezel's surprise the man didn't move towards him.