Chapter 17

I stood up from the chair I was sitting on and bowed my head as he walked up to us. His eyes lingered on me for a while as I shook in fear before he turned to look at Beta Gabriel, who was still seated in his position.

" I asked a question. What are you both doing? " He asked again, his voice becoming colder at each word he spoke.

" We were having a conversation before you came in, " Beta Gabriel replied, raising his head to look at him.

" A conversation? Do you know what time it is? " He snapped and I turned to look at the clock and a gasp left my lips. It was one in the morning, I didn't know we talked that much to forget about time. " And you, why are you here? " He turned to me and I gulped, looking back at him.

" I - I got thirsty, so I came down to drink water. I met Beta Gabriel here and we began talking. I swear, I didn't realize that we had spent a lot of time her