"Give me a minute," Alina said.
Lady Talbot nodded and left.
Alina slowly turned back to Austin. He looked calm but she knew him well enoughl to notice his tight jaw and clenched fists.
"Explain," he said.
Alina swallowed.
"I'm…I'm in contact with Rosilyn through the Blood Ink Pact," she confessed. "I met her during my first meeting with the pact numbers. Honesty, even I was surprised to see her there," she explained calmly.
"And you didn't bother to tell me?"
"I wanted to," she replied immediately. "But I never got the chance. When you found about the pact, you were already so angry. At the same time, we had to visit the king. Then Aracsedia happened….There was so much going on already."
Austin looked away from her with an unreadable expression.
"Moreover, I didn't think anything about it. To me she is just another woman who is victim of the system."
Austin closed his eyes and rubbed his hand on his face. He suddenly looked exhausted rather than angry.
