I choked it all down, and I strode on beside her, my rage smouldering within me.

But it was flaring up again by the time we reached the house with no more words spoken between us.

She went to her room without another glance at me, and I repaired straight in quest of Fifanti.
I found him in the library.

He had locked himself in, as was his frequent habit when at his studies, but he opened to my knock.

I stalked in, unbuckled my sword, and set it in a corner.