"Do you know I hate people lying to me?" he asked while stroking the feather on my head. The smile on his face was icy and frightening.
So in the end he still discovered? Maybe if I pretended like I didn't understand what he said...
"Stop struggling." He pointed his finger at my forehead. "I doubt you'd find a second bird with the same pattern here."
What pattern? He held me above a cup of tea, I looked at my reflection in the tea. Surely enough there was a crown shaped pattern in light blue feathers amid the dark blue feathers on my forehead.
I was too accustomed to my bird form, I had no idea this would give me away. I wanted to cry at my stupidity.
"Still denying?" he asked with a sarcastic smile.
I shook my tiny head and chirped. I didn't dare.
"Good. You must be hungry after flying all the way here from the manor." The gentle smile was back on his face while he pushed the plate with a slice of red bean cake to me. "Eat."
