He took the cup from me and I had to suppress a violent shiver as his fingers touched mine.
They were cold and I was suddenly overcome with a very strong sensation of danger, but I swallowed it as I sat back in my own chair.
I looked at him, ensuring that I appraised him with a look that was just as cool and calculating as the one he was giving me.
A king versus a queen.
He grinned, enjoying the challenge I brought just by sitting before him as his equal. I didn't back down in the slightest and I think he enjoyed that.
"It's come to my attention that the two of us have never spent any time together, Freya, and I'd like to remedy that," Thranar began. He lifted his goblet in salute, and I returned the motion.
