Esme's POV
Why did Ruby have that look on his face? It hurt me that the thought that I'd hurt them the way she had done crossed his mind.
"You really don't have to worry about me ever doing that—"
"I don't worry about it." He turned to face me fully. "Whatever our Mistress has decided to do, she could do so without owing any of us an explanation or apology."
Not even an apology? My hands fell limply at my sides. He planned to just accept it? "Did you try to protect your brother? Even if it was from the Mistress?"
He said nothing.
I marched to him, standing a few inches from his face. "Tell me, Ruby. When the Duchess of Fate had attacked Lilin, did you see it as a necessary action decided by your Mistress and had let it happen?"
His answer would greatly change how I viewed him. If he had sat on his hind legs like a dog, watching his Mistress hurt his younger brother, then I do not think I'd want to be a sister to such a person.
