He leaned back against the cushioned seat, satisfaction written across his handsome features when he saw the look on his lamb's face. "Now sit."
His voice was low, yet it carried through the room, and Luna saw her aunt walk over to the other seat, facing Belle as if she were under his control. This was not the way her aunt had been before. What was happening? she wondered.
When Luna moved from where she stood and went to sit beside her aunt, she could feel his cold gaze on her the entire time. When she finally sat down after fidgeting with the seat for a few seconds, she looked up.
She looked up to meet his eyes, which had been on her before he looked away almost immediately. His gaze did not linger for more than a few seconds before he turned to Belle, who was sitting close to him on the left seat.
