Their footsteps echoing somberly through the halls, Cassius felt her cold hand in his as they walked along the corridor. The arched windows they passed, framing the dark night just beyond their panes, staring back at them like soulless eyes as they progressed. Cassius's eyebrows knitted together discontentedly as he slowed his pace so that Aribelle did not have to stumble after him grievously.
