Belle watched Rohan leave her room for the second time after coming back to tell her he wouldn't be going with them to the ball and would arrive later instead. She had asked him why, and he had told her he had another lead to discovering important information about Isabelle. That had immediately set Belle's mind to unease. The last time he had gone probing into the affairs of the deceased, he had come back with a shard of glass in his throat.
Nonetheless, despite her worries, she could only nod in understanding, knowing Rohan could not be talked out of it, not when it was an important matter that concerned her. All she could do was raise her hands to brush away the dust and webs clinging to his shirt from wherever he had come from, then help him button up properly as she pursed her lips and said,
"Be careful. If you come back to me with any injuries—"
