Corvine had already begun taking a respectful step backward, intending to give Seraphine the space she needed for whatever conversation she had come to have, yet the moment his foot moved Seraphine lifted one brow in a slow, unmistakable gesture that carried calm authority along with quiet insistence, and the look alone was enough to make him pause where he stood.
Her voice came out steady and completely certain as she spoke. "Wherever I go, he goes."
There was no anger in her tone and no raised voice, yet the meaning behind those words could not have been clearer, because she had absolutely no intention of walking into Voren's office alone when she did not trust him enough to let her guard down, and bringing Corvine with her was not a request but a condition that she had already decided would not change.
