Chapter 16: Adelaide.

When I step out of Lyros's room, my face is heated with shame. I can't begin to think of what this means so I don't.

I walk down the hallway, hug my cloak closer to myself, and try not to shiver from the cold.

I forgot the damn slippers in his room but I don't care about them.

What I care about right now is the confusion I'm drowning in. I barely register walking past Cain until I remember I was supposed to deliver a message to him. I turn, walk back the way I came, and catch him on his way down the stairs. My words are stuck in my throat when he turns to face me.

We stand in silence and I realize that silver eyes have never looked so menacing but I'm not in the right frame of mind to be intimidated right now so I clear my throat.

"Lord Lyros is asking for you. He's...... in his rooms."

I see something like a flicker of revulsion in Cain's eyes as he looks at me. It's there one moment and gone the next. He nods and takes the path to the Lycan king's room. I blink and go back the