Sitting there in the uncomfortable silence, you couldn't help but fidget with your fingers, the nervous energy coursing through you. You were unsure of what had caused this tension. Xilonen hadn’t said a single word to you in hours. Normally, if you had done something to upset her, she wouldn’t hesitate to let you know. But now, you were left wondering.

Her cold green eyes lifted from her book, casting a brief, icy glance your way before returning to the pages of her novel.