Seraphina stood frozen outside the carriage, her smile slowly stiffening as Audrey's words replayed in her head.
'Beautiful.'
That was the word Audrey had used.
Not something like... so useful, disposable or pathetic.
Beautiful?
Seraphina's fingers curled into her cloak. Something about the way Audrey had said it made her skin crawl. She has no idea why she purposely asked for Rin to be brought to her estate. She doesn't care, as long as Rin is going to die. But, would she kill someone she's calling 'beautiful'?
She stepped forward abruptly, placing herself between Audrey and the carriage. With a sharp movement, she slammed the door shut, blocking Audrey's view of Rin completely.
"When?" Seraphina asked coldly. "And how are you killing him?"
Audrey blinked, then her lips slowly curled into a calm and confident smile. The kind that made people uneasy.
"Relax," Audrey said. "It's easy. I have one thousand and one ways to kill him but it won't be easy."
