Lauden crouched down before those cell bars and chose not to stand up for a good number of minutes. Minutes that, null doubt, stretched to an eternity in Allegra's mind.
He watched intently as her body continued to tremble, eyes struggling to even blink. There was also the fact that her head seemed too heavy to maintain up without leaning against the wall behind her.
He watched in pure, irksome silence until his own eyes had enough of studying every inch of her.
"So?" he tilted his head, an unnerving grin on his face, "Will you talk today? Or will I have to pry the words out of you?"
Allegra's already irregular breathing rate accelerated, hands pressing against the ground as though attempting to lift her weight into a better, more comfortable sitting position. To no avail, of course.
