The journey was a quiet one. Lilith chose to look through the window while silently counting the number of trees that they passed by on the road.
As for Richard, he had turned to admire her side profile and when Lilith saw him watching her through the carriage window, she turned to face him. "You know, it would help a lot of you would stop staring." Lilith commented and due to the intensity of his gaze, she resumed back to look through the window.
With the two of them in such a limited space, all that he needed to do was move a little closer to her and have her mind ruffled. He was spending every single day trying to control his wild urges.
"I can't help it. I wonder if I could look away even for a second if these clothes of yours could have been discarded." His words brought warmth in her body which she could just not explain and as if he was just getting started, she felt the back of his hand lightly touching the back of her ear.
