You Smell Familiar

Her jaw ticked as the door closed in front of her face and she tucked her chin down. She waited for the door to open again.

The guard came back, his expression pinched.

"Hun said she is coming out in a bit. You can go down and wait," he said.

He must have been chewed out by Hun because of his interruption. 

Anna nodded and moved away from the room immediately. She felt curiosity burning in her bones. Yes, she was a curious cat, but it only became unbearable when Ladislas was involved. She had never seen him sitting so close to a woman. Actually, she had never seen him on the same side of the desk with anyone… or walk with anyone. He had an icy distance from humanity, but here he was, an inch between his and the woman's shoulders and a private conversation that he shouldn't be having.