Chapter 135: Shame, Part 5

Swinging his cloak around his shoulders, Telmé walked stiffly to the door, Korin close behind. Özgür was waiting in the hall, leaning against the wall with his large, heavily muscled arms folded across his enormous chest. Unlike the other Princes, he eschewed an undertunic in order to leave his arms bare, the rich red fabric even more vibrant against his dark, near-black skin. He dropped his arms and pushed away from the wall when he saw them, scrubbing one hand restlessly over his close-cropped hair. "Took you long enough. At least you look respectable. Let us hope you act that way as well. Can you? This is important."

Telmé and Korin nodded. "We know," Telmé said.

"We'll behave," Korin added.

Özgür gave them an unimpressed look. "I will believe you capable of behaving when I actually see it happen." He scowled at them a moment longer before he turned and strode off, leading the way through the maze-like corridors of the keep down to the great hall.