She didn't know what got to him but she was glad to be back to the room she was given. After locking the door, Katie pulled out the chain and it locket, looking at them in light and wondering what it was doing there. Malphus hadn't known about it until few days ago. She bit her lip lost in thought when she was called down to greet Lord Norman's relatives in the evening.
"She's a beautiful, girl. Congratulations Silas," she heard a man congratulate him whilst she stood there holding her breath in silence.
When she had tried speaking, Silas had done nothing but dig his fingers into her skin to avoid her from speaking anything more. Lord Norman's threat in the cell was fresh and it still rang in her ears, the fear crawling under her skin.
"And here I was worried that the Lord wouldn't agree as she belonged to a different society," a woman said it to Lady Ester making her smile.
