ACT I - Storm & Quen
"It should be intermission shortly," the squire replied after verifying. "What was it you wanted to say?"
He tried to pitch his tone in as nice and attentive a manner as possible, but with her hands on his, that was proving decidedly difficult. And "I want to tell you something" never worked well with women, in his experience. Lady Kapur—or anyone in the Kapur family, truly—was not known for mincing words.
Lips in a tight smile, Storm readied himself for something devastating.