At first he'd thought that this was just an example of Audrey's temper getting the better of her perhaps over something trivial to most people but the stark fury in her eyes and the way her hands were clenched white-knuckled against her sides raised the severity level up to rarely reached heights.
William stood slowly, something cold, serpentine and deadly coiling in his dark eyes. "That is an exceedingly foolish question. What," he said, his voice calm, even and echoingly empty, "does Xavier Yaxley have to do with you at all, Audrey?" He rounded his desk and crossed the office to pull her gently the rest of the way into the room so he could close the door and press his hand to the rune that activated the extra security wards that protected it.