Cressida's Curses

Keagan stared at the box. She didn't know what was inside, but it was addressed to her. It was just that Silvano came to speak to Lev instead. She just turned away. "Did you look? Its contents should be the one you wanted to show Mr. Lev."

Silvano wore a smile, but Keagan's evasive eyes made it hard for him to crack a joke or even ridicule her like usual. Before everything that happened, this woman was just a pushover Silvano could play with through Elijah and everyone else. He needed to protect her, yes, but how was going to protect someone who had the will and the strength to stand on her own? It's best for her to crumble into pieces.

It was just that the person he was looking at right now was so different from the Keagan Allard he destroyed. He cared too little about who fixed the shattered person, but this advancement made his job harder. She was even scoffing at him as if she could stand against him.