VALORIA WILDEROSE
Elowen stiffens, her gaze calculating, gauging if he's merely bluffing. He isn't. Even I find myself terrified of the man for the first time.
And then she drops her flat on the floor out of spite. I spring forward like a cheetah, Calliope reaching her merely a second after I do, surrounding her, checking her pulse and everything.
I press my ears to her chest, holding my breath until I hear the faint thumping of her heart and feel her taking a soft deep breath and a weak cough. Tears burst out of me as I break into weak, exhausted laughter, clutching her tightly in a hug.
Elowen snorts, turning away to retreat. Alice, her little spiteful minion, runs after her, following closely from behind.
"Your majesty." Eros calls to her before she can leave, adding the formalities again.
She pauses, tilting her head only slightly towards him.
"If this happens again, I will kill you — regardless of what use you think Azrael has of you."
