There had never been anything that could be hidden underneath Magnus's red gaze. The crimson glow of his eyes seemed to have colored his long lashes slightly red, casting a shadow as their eyes eventually met again. She gulped, feeling as if before those eyes everything about her could be see through.
She had been through so many investigation and she could always lie so easily, yet why can't she lie to Magnus?
The lord was mysterious and she told herself to make sure that this is their last time of seeing each other.
Sure he had helped her, saving her from death by grace, but her soul warned her the consequences of staying with him for too close and too long.
"Let's go back home dearest," Count Arthur extended his hand for her.
