Lord Gronn heard a slight scrabbling sound coming from somewhere as he stood in the upstairs hallway after coming up here in response to Marla glancing up the stairs. His power radiated through the room, and even she, as inexperienced as she was, could feel it and it unsettled her deeply. He closed his eyes and mentally commanded his heart and breathing to calm as his sense of hearing became attenuated as he sought out the source of the sound. She could hear the person on the other side actively trying to open the panel and then unexpectedly it slid open to reveal a strange man looking at her. Spending over at a friend’s house tonight Lord Krinn.”
He smiled slowly at her weak attempt at deception, “Really? Two years since you graced us at council at Silas’ feet?” he purred at her as he took her fingers in his strong hand and softly kissed the inside of her wrist, softly scenting her perfume with a light inhale as his lips made her heart hammer in her chest.
