YILEYNA
My attention snapped to the door, to see Ailema standing there, holding a basket in her hands.
"Oh, I do apologise for interfering, I just needed to grab some potatoes…" She smiled as she walked down the steps, her eyes flickering from me to the blood on Theon’s lips.
I dared to look at him, just in time to see him brush his thumb along his lip, wiping away most of the blood. His cold amber eyes flickered to me, in the orange glow of the lantern they seemed to burn like embers, making my stomach flutter with nerves. His tongue ran along his bloody lip.
This conversation wasn’t over…
I knew that.
"Ah young commander, could you help me with this?" Ailema asked, as she tried dragging a large sack of potatoes.
Oh, she could drag it, I knew she was giving me the chance to leave a
