@iztirar as much as her words ignited a surge of anger that clawed at his chest and twisted his dark heart, rurik couldn’t bring himself to fully respond to what ruhani had said. instead, the weight of her words only revealed the hypocrisy buried deep within him, making him more aware of the internal conflict he couldn’t escape.
“what do you want, ruhani?” rurik asked, his voice sharp but laced with an undercurrent of something more—- an unspoken frustration with himself as much as with her.