Malakai left the utterly flustered Nyx and headed back to his room.
Their interaction had been… something to remember. Malakai had found himself wanting to burst into laughter, in fact.
Apparently, Nyx had found it harder than expected to ignore Malakai's title and simply call him by name.
Malakai had spent minutes just trying to get her to say it. She had stuttered. Her face had flushed red.
She clutched the hem of her attire tightly, as though summoning all the courage in her body to say his name.
It had been funny. Hilarious, even. To watch the legend that was the Red Eclipse struggle so much just to utter a name… the people wouldn't believe it.
Still, although it had taken her a while, she had finally managed to say his name, in scattered, broken syllables of course. Malakai had accepted it with a smile that only made her face turn even redder.
Since when did the Ninth Vein smile?
