Those four Elders split themselves to guarantee that they had everything under control, with two of them standing on either side of Valentina whilst the other two took two of us at a time; Vaughn and I went with a curvaceous white haired woman who gave us a kind smile, though the icy blue eyes she had were utterly devoid of any warmth and kindness.
She wasn't looking at us like we were people to be protected, but she also wasn't viewing us like we were guilty of murdering Evander and therefore needed to be detained; we were on that thin line of suspicion yet also being allowed innocence until they could prove if we were guilty or not.
That pointed stare as she tried to gleam anything from either of us with just a look was enough to make my steps falter as I approached her, the pressure pushing down on my shoulders and leaving me beneath her scrutiny for just a few seconds longer.
