[00 Months: 09 Days: 12 Hours]
"Please, sit," I said, offering her the only chair I had in the room.
The Delegate nodded and gracefully lowered herself onto it, while I picked the next best thing, the edge of my bed.
I glanced at the closed door before turning back to her.
"Are you sure it's advisable to be without your entourage?" I asked, arching a brow.
Seraphina merely smiled, an air of serenity about her. "I trust you, Luke. You went out of your way to save me. I have no reason to fear you."
"But back then, I didn't know you were the daughter of the Lyma Family," I pointed out, shifting slightly on my bed. "Now, things are different."
A flicker of something crossed her face. Disappointment? Uncertainty? She looked slightly flustered and I immediately felt a pang of regret.
'Did I go too far?'
