{IRIS}
"It's truly all right," I murmured, brushing off his concern with a small smile. "Besides, Caroline buys me food and gives me things."
Zephyros hovered before me, the dim, ghostly light surrounding him tightening like a breath drawn in irritation.
"Because she is treating you like a servant she pays in breadcrumbs," he replied, voice cooling into frost. "If that is all you want, I could buy you far better food and far better things. Luxuries. Rarities. Whatever you desire."
A soft laugh escaped me before I could stop it. His seriousness, paired with that sharp, aristocratic glare, was both amusing and oddly endearing.
Zephyros narrowed his eyes even further, arms crossing, the faint shimmer of his form rippling like disturbed mist. "Perhaps I should give that girl a fright. Something gentle. Something harmless. Just enough to humble her… and make her obey."
