Elion remained silent after Nidhogg's last sentence, but it was a different kind of silence now. It was no longer the menacing silence of someone about to explode a continent from accumulated emotional stress. It was worse. It was the sullen silence of a woman who had completely lost control of the situation within her own home.
She slowly twirled the empty goblet between her fingers as she watched the two of them sitting side by side on the library sofa. The low fire in the fireplace partially illuminated her face, highlighting the slight, irritated movement of her eyebrow whenever Nidhogg came even slightly closer to Kael.
And Nidhogg noticed this immediately.
Of course she noticed.
The primordial dragoness could traverse dimensions, sense distortions in the soul, and recognize microscopic changes in ambient mana. Detecting jealousy in Elion was probably the easiest part of the entire night.
