Amycus found himself barely listening to Lucius' speech. It was almost the same thing that Lucius had said to him months before. He was more concerned with Alecto's reaction, meeting her gaze when she looked at him with a guarded expression. "Yes," he said, his voice calm despite the misery he felt inside.
He grabbed an item at random, tapping his cigarette on the edge to get rid of some of the ash. He noticed Alecto's jaw muscle as it started to twinge and knew that he would have hell to pay with her later.