Turning her face up to the Emperor in shock, Abrial stared at him. There was a slight fear striking through her chest…but as soon as she caught sight of his youthful face again, like a grumpy teenage pretty boy's, an involuntary snicker shot out of her mouth. She choked and covered her mouth, face white. Oop, definitely too late. There was no way the pretty boy Emperor didn't hear that…
Up on the throne, the Emperor startled at her snicker and glared in cold disbelief.
"Unbelievable. Unbelievable! This is the person I'm supposed to watch out for? What a fucking joke. What a violation. A fucking violation!"
Though she was busy sweating from the stone shards in her leg, Abrial could still hear everything the Emperor said. It was a silent hall, after all, and every noise echoed. At those words, the person I'm supposed to watch out for, her ears perked up through the pain.
