Seraphina could feel her heart shrink as soon as she heard Zevryn ask her if liliath was back or not.
A tiny, involuntary shiver ran along her spine; for the first time since he had entered the dungeon, she felt panic curl through her chest. She swallowed, forcing her throat to work as if nothing had happened, but the pulse at her temple betrayed the anxiety she hid behind practiced calm.
'did he know anything about her?' no..no that is not possible, he would never know' she said inside her mind trying to make sense of the situation.
Her thoughts raced, a frantic web of denials and excuses. She clenched her fingers until the metal at her wrist bit into her skin, a pointless anchor to steady a roiling mind. No, she told herself, repeating the word like a prayer. He could not possibly know. Everything is in place.
She had planned everything, everything was laid in place these is no way that Zevryn would know about her plans.
