While Altaïr brazenly examined her, Lina was studying him just as carefully. She had not had much opportunity to appreciate his appearance in the forest, where his physique had left the deepest impression on her. Now, with the two of them alone in the room, she could finally look at him to her heart's content, without worrying about the guards stationed outside.
Frankly speaking, Altaïr was not a particularly handsome man by conventional standards. His features were reasonably well proportioned, but anyone who saw his face would probably pay little attention to their regularity. His eyes and eyebrows carried a fierce, untamed quality, resembling those of a wild beast, while the scar running diagonally from his right eyebrow to the left corner of his mouth made him look even more dangerous. With such a face, he could easily pass for a wanted criminal.
