"This place is filled with absurd rules," Khalilah muttered lowering her head slightly, speaking the words as they came to her mind. "It's suffocating me."
Malia noticed the sadness in Khalilah's eyes, even if she wanted to offer her any words of encouragement, they would all be lies, because she knows all too well that nothing would ever be okay from this point on. "My lady, I know I'm not in any position to speak to you, since I'm also a dangerous monster but I'm also your personal handmaiden."
Khalilah shook her head, one of the feelings she despised the most was the feeling of being pitied, and right now as Malia spoke to her, her voice rang deeply and worriedly.
