บท 313: Steel & Strength

LERRIN

He barely tasted the food. And after a minute of chewing in silence, he told Suhle to pull up the little stool to the other side of the table. "Don't make me eat alone. Next time bring your own and we will eat together. There's no need for you to stand attendance when I'm eating. It would be good to share the meal."

She nodded once, but her cheeks warmed and her scent spiked. Interesting.

"Do you wish to tell me what happened earlier today? Why there is such tension around you?"

Lerrin growled through his mouthful. "There is a difference in the way I wish to approach winning the Tree City, and how some of the other leaders and soldiers want to do it. They're just impatient."

She nodded. "And they accuse you of fear?" she asked carefully.

His eyes snapped up to measure her for accusation, but there was none of it in her scent. She regarded him evenly, her hands neatly folded in her lap.