Orpheus wasn't prepared for the fear that hit him right where it hurt when he imagined such scenarios.
It was enough to make him lose his breath.
And unable to bear it any longer, he gradually found an inkling of what Lady Karina was trying to make him understand.
He stood up abruptly, avoiding her gaze at all costs for he did not have the courage to face her.
His stomach churned from those thoughts; thus, he went straight to the door and opened it without a second thought.
"Be prepared to depart at dawn," he said so quietly that she barely heard him.
And with that being said, he shut the door behind him as hard as he did when he first entered.
Lady Karina sat there on her bed, alone with her thoughts and ambivalent emotions.
The tears came as quickly as they did earlier and she wondered if her words were in vain.
To what lengths did she have to go to make the man understand her perspective?
