The Crown
"So okay…" Seraphina snaps her head in my direction. "Will you please tell me what the hell I am doing right now?" She is disdainful.
"Helping me out. And getting on my good side." I reply without lifting my head from the report in my hands, my voice nonchalant.
"And why am I trying to get on your good side?" She sneers.
"So that your brother favors you," I answer matter-of-factly.
"Huh? What are you? His mistress or something?" She lifts an eyebrow at me.
A surge of butterflies breaks free but I quickly pull them into a cage and lock them away. I'd love to be Vermilion's mistress but well, no, this is a topic for another day. Let's focus on the matters we have in front of us right now.
I lift my head and look at Seraphina, struggling to keep my expression normal, "Will you please shut it?"
