The carriage came to a sudden stop as soon as the last word was out of Annalise's mouth, causing her to almost lose her balance and face plant herself on the floor if not for a sudden surge of energy that wrapped around her and stopped her from falling.
"Valerius, what are you doing?" Kenric was quickly by her side to check if she was alright after throwing the question in his brother's direction. But Annalise knew that the power which stopped her from hurting herself belonged to none other than Valerius.
Kenric made his horse move aside as Valerius brought his horse beside the open window of the carriage. The look on his face was still as calm and collected as usual but she noticed clearly as his gaze roamed over her entire body to make sure that she wasn't hurt before he pointed his attention to her and asked, "Is that how you see me?"
