He's Alive

Elira's POV

Aiden stared at me with a blank face at my retort and didn't say anything.

Minutes went by and we just stared at each other.

Then he got up and walked towards me, bringing out a napkin from his pocket and cleaning the already dried blood that had dripped from my nose.

He was so gentle with it that he could be mistaken for an ally, and I would have fallen for it, but I was smarter now, so I wouldn't.

“Why did you do it?” I asked and he paused for a while before going back to cleaning without saying anything.

“You said I could...