[~CORAL~]
It was a reflex action on my own part but soon enough I realize my action when I feel Rune tense up from my touch when I hide behind him.
He looks down at me from the corner of his eyes and watches me with slightly wide eyes and I make to move away from him but he willfully wraps an arm around me.
His action surprises me but I don't move from my spot and I fluster myself by breathing in his spicy scent mixed with the soothiness of earth.
His body relaxes and for a second I thought he seemed delighted before a cold, predatory look coated his features again as he faced Regent again. I follow his gaze to meet Regent’s brown eyes.
There's a wide look in his gaze as he reads my face and I pray he doesn't recognise me. Their gaze made me uncomfortable and I'd always dreaded it since the night of my eighteenth birthday.
Shock. Disgust. Envy.
They didn't have to say anything because their faces showed a ridiculous amount of their thoughts.