"Octavius isn't here right now, darling," he said with a slight grin as he set down the book that he had been flipping through. He turned to look at her. Despite the fact that every time he saw her, she seemed more and more afraid and cautious, it still amused him to no end. Mortals were funny. They thought they held such great power and could be masters of their domain but deep down they knew that they were powerless.
He reached out to brush back a strand of blond hair from her shoulder.