"That's enough, Victor."
It seemed I hadn't been whispering as quietly as I thought, with Rowan and the boys catching wind of it. Sighing, I shifted away from the fool, but not before slapping his shoulder in the same manner he'd slapped mine.
"Don't worry, the pain will clear right up. I mean, you are a noble after all."
With that, I stood, stifling the temptation to kick his collapsed form, and returned to my seat. Rowan gave me an annoyed, yet almost bored look, while Shin could only sit there helplessly. Gustav, on the other hand, might as well have been starstruck with the way he was looking at me.
Feeling a bit uncomfortable under their constant stares, I cleared my throat, raising my voice above the groans in the background before speaking.
"What are you looking at? I just got a little spooked."
"Sure you did."
Rowan definitely wasn't buying it. The other two didn't seem to believe me either. Rowan studied me contemplatively before adding,
